Shiwalik Hills

Himalayan foothills running through
the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and
Kashmir. The hills are an ecological
transition zone between the plains
and the mountains but have their own
religious ecology as well. Whereas the
sites high in the Himalayas are often
associated with Shiva, the primary
sacred sites (tirthas) in the Shiwaliks are
associated with the Goddess. See also
Shiwalik goddesses.