Kedarnath Dham Pilgrim

 

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Kedarnath Dham Tour

Kedarnath is one of the most sacrosanct journeys committed to Lord Shiva arranged in Rudraprayag locale of Garhwal area in Uttarakhand. Kedarnath is one of the chota Char Dham in Uttarakhand, one of the twelve jyotirlingas of Shiva and the most significant dham among Panch kedar. Kedarnath is arranged at an elevation of 3586 mts, in the midst of snow clad pinnacles, charming knolls and lofty mountain tops. It is close to the head of waterway Mandakini, Kedarnath range.

Kedar meaning strong is one more name of Lord Shiva the defender and the destroyer. The fantastic and amazing design of Lord Shiva's holy place inside the sanctuary is made of dim stone. Steep trip extending to 14 km from Gauri Kund overflows with bountiful magnificence of nature. An enormous stone sculpture of Nandi Bull gazes at the sanctuary, watching it, reclining right across from it. The delightful feeling around the sanctuary looks like very tranquility on paradise makes a lovely spot do contemplation. The principal attractions here is the Shiva Temple, which is a famous Hindu place of worship and journey, Gaurikund, Chorabari tal, Bhairav sanctuary and Vasuki tal.

Shiva is viewed as the encapsulation of all interests - love, scorn, dread, passing and supernatural quality which are communicated through his different structures. There are in excess of 200 hallowed places devoted to Lord Shiva in the actual space, the main one is Kedarnath. It is accepted that initially Pandavas assembled the sanctuary of Kedarnath; the current sanctuary was laid out by Adi Shankaracharya who reestablished and resuscitated the greatness of the sanctum.

What is the importance of Kedarnath Dham for The Hindu?

‘Kedar’ refers to Lord Shiva in Vedas & Puranas. Kedarnath, as per holy belief and sacredness, is known to be the land of Lord Shiva, where Lord still resides in the form of Linga. It is also one of 12 Jyotirlings and the highest among all. As per legends, after the Mahabharata war Pandavas came to Kashi and then Guptkashi in search of Lord Shiva for the easy ablution from their sins. But Lord Shiva was annoyed with them due to bad events at war. In order to not meet Pandavas, Lord Shiva concealed himself near Guptkashi in the form of a buffalo. Pandavas , in search of Lord Shiva came to this place witness the unique buffalo and follow him. In an act to hide, buffalo get inside the earth, but Bheem grabbed his tail and legs from behind. All Pandavas then request Lord Shiva to come out from the earth and give them easy ablution from their sins. After sometime Bholenath gave darshan and comes out. Different parts of buffalo came out at five places, well known as Panch Kedar. Hump at Kedarnath, arms at Tungnath, navel & stomach at Madhyamaheshwar, face at Rudranath and head & hair at Kalpeshwar.

After building five temples at Panch Kedar, Pandavas meditated at Kedarnath Dham for salvation and get free from sins. So it is believed that Kedarnath Dham darsham is the road to salvation for Hindus.

Kedarnath Dham Yatra Route

Available from significant objections of Uttarakhand, the street venture towards Kedarnath sanctuary extends till Gauri Kund. After that one necessities to take a 14 km journey towards Kedarnath sanctuary. Horses and palanis(doli) are effectively available;you can likewise profit helicopter administrations during top time of yatra. The Kedarnath Trek is a 16km medium to soak journey which requires a decent degree of actual wellness. Prior to going for the trip each explorer needs to have themselves looked at that regardless of whether they are fit for journeying. The Kedarnath Trek offices incorporate the administrations of Palki/Dandi, Kandi and Mule/Ponies. Anybody can book these administrations from the booking counter at Gaurikund/Sonprayag.

Kedarnath Popular Route :

 Delhi → Haridwar (206 kms) → Rishikesh (24 kms) → Devaprayag (70 kms) → Srinagar (35 kms) → Rudraprayag (34 kms) → Tilwara (9kms) → Agastamuni (10 kms) → Kund (15 kms) → Guptkashi (5 kms) → Phata (11 kms) → Rampur (9 kms) → SonPrayag (3 kms) → Gaurikund (5 kms) → Kedarnath (16 Kms).

Kedarnath Trek Route Map Start from Gaurikund : Gaurikund (6 kms) → Rambara Bridge (4 kms) → Jungle Chatti (3 kms) → Bheembali (4 kms) → Linchauli (4 kms) → Kedarnath Base Camp (1 kms) → Kedarnath Temple.