Kedarnath Dham

Opening date of kedarnath temple is decided every year on the day of Maha Shiv Ratri. Shiv Ratri is a holy auspicious day in Hindu religion. shiv ratri is a festival of Lord shiva and it is believed that this day lord shiva and goddess Parvti got married or lord shiva performed Tandav nritya (तांडव नृत्य).so every year, the opening date of kedarnath decided on shiv ratri at winter place of lord shiva in Ukhimath.

opening date of Badrinath templeis decided in every year of fifth day of shukla paksh(शुक्ल पक्ष) in magh month (after 15 january). and this day is celebrated as basant panchmi in the Hindu religion. Basant panchami is one of the most auspicious day in Hinduism. Basant panchami is a day of worshiping of sarashwati (goddess of knowledge -माँ सरश्वती) this day is just like a happy new year in Hindu society.

this year basant panchami coming on 28 january so opening date of badrinath temple decided on 28 January and opened in akshaya tritiya every year.and this year of 2012 according to Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee, opening date of Badrinath temple 2012 decided on 29 april in Muhurt(मुहूर्त-time) of 4:00AM.Gangotri and yamunotri dham is also opened every year in akshaya Tritiya before few days of kedarnath and badrinath dham opening date. so this year AKSHAYA TRITIYA coming on 24 April hence opening date of Gangotri and Yamunotri is 24 April.

Char dham yatra opend for six month only. while closing date of kedarnath dham is also fixed and closed in every year of bhaiya dooj (day after Deepawali ).
And this year of 2012 Shiv Ratri is coming on 20 February so the opening date of kedarnath temple 2012 decided on 20 February By the temple committee . the opening date of kedarnath temple is 28 April.

kedarnath temple

Tungnath is highest Hindu pilgrim Temple in the world and one of the pach kedar.Tungnath situated in the height of above 12000ft in Rundraprayag district of Uttarakhand, India. In last five years Tungnath attracted more pilgrims.
Myth story about Tungnath- History of Tungnath temple was started with history of kedarnath temple.while the Pandavas brothers seeking lord shiva for freedom from sin of killing their own kin in kedarnath valley. when pandawas brother caught lord shiva in the form of bull under the swamp soil.after that the different part of lord Shiva body worshiped in different area of kedarnath valley.arms worshiped in tungnath temple.
Tungnath meaning -Tung is a sanskrit name which also means arms and Nath word present to lord Shiva. since this place worshiped and dedicated to lord Shiva in the form of arm of lord Shiva hence this places is known as Tungnath.

Tungnath temple

How To Reach Tungnath-
There are two road way to reach Tungnath from New Delhi, Rishikesh or Haridhwar.Most of people went to Tungnath during char dham yatra in uttarakhand. at same time some people go at Tungnath via Guptakashi-Kund-Ukhimath-Chopta route and others go to via Badrinath- Gopeshwar-Mandal route. but is it depend of tourist if they are going on char dham yatra tour. it is believed that everyone visit first Kedarnath then Badrinath. in this case, it you are planning to visit Kedarnath first then it is suitable to visit Tungnath via Guptakashi-Kund-Ukhimath-Chopta. but if you are planned to visit Badrinath first then it is suitable to visit Tungnath via Badrinath-Gopeshwar-Mandal route. but the route via Guptakashi-Kund-Ukhimath-Chopta is small and traffic free rather than second route.

Tungnath Doli

distance between Delhi to Chopta is approx 450 km after Chopta it is 5 km vertical zig-zag foot walking trek to Tungnath Temple.

Madmaheshwar temple located in kedarnath himalaya range of Rundraprayag district in uttarakhand,India. this temple is dedicated to lord shiva and situated an altitude of 11473 ft.

History of Madmaheshwar Temple -It is believed that Madmaheshwar temple is built by Pandava's( heros of mahabharata war) over 1000 years ago. when pandavas seeking Lord Shiva in hope of Liberation from sin of killing their own kith and kin in battle of Mahabharata (Largest Hindu Epic). Lord Shiva did not want to viewable (दर्शन) to pandava's in own disire. so Lord Shiva escape to Kedarnath Himalaya range. lord shiva disguise own body to form of buffalo and dived in marsh land of kedarnath area but pandavas coughed him while lord shiva trying to go underground at here and then lord shiva gave DARSHAN and vanish the sin of killing their own relatives.

Madmaheshwar Temple

In later years, that part of body of lord Shiva in form of buffalo which was not underground is worship in kedar Nath form at Kedarnath temple. the middle (मध्य) part of body worshiped at madmaheshwar . the other part of body worshiped as following places in Uttarakhand.

Tung (arms भुजा ) at Tungnath

kalp (hair-केश,जटा) at kalpeshwar

face atRudranath

Char Dham Yatra 2012 - it's time to again after a six month of gap to visit in Uttarakhand Char Dham Yatra. char dham yatra is associated with uttarakhand four religious places that is BADRINATH, KEDARNATH, GANGOTRI and YAMUNOTRI. these all four places opens every year for six month only and closed in rest of six month of year due to any religious reason or heavy snowfall. char dham yatra starting very earlier in 2012 compare of char dham yatra 2011. Gangotri and Yamunotri temple opened on Akshya Tritiya every year. and this year Opening Date of Gangotri and Yamunotri is fixed on 24 April while opening of Badrinath temple door is 29 april in 2012 and kedarnath temple will be opened just before one or two days of opening date of badrinath temple.and according to temple committee , kedarnath temple opening date is 28 april. so all the pilgrims across the whole world exited to visit in char dham yatra again.

char dham yatra 2012

According to opening date of char dham yatra 2012. it is starting around 3rd week of April month. so all the local people or business men of Uttarakhand(mainly Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag and chamoli district ) is very excited for opening char dham yatra 2012 befor the time than the time of char dham yatra 2011. all the char dham tour and travel company are ready to perform their service. shopkeepers will also ready to pack up all goods to char dham area in first week of april.

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Rudranath Temple is a Hindu Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva. it is situated in chamoli district of Uttarakhand at the altitude of 7500ft above sea level. and it is believed that Rudranath is the one of the difficult trek out of five temple under the Panch Kedar Temple.
History of Rudranath Temple - All the five temple under PANCH KEDAR TEMPLE (Kedarnath, Tungnath,Rudranath, madmaheshwar and Kalpeshwar) have same story. the origin of this temple is started with the story of Kedarnath temple. when lord shiva escaping to gave darshan to pandavas after the battle of Mahabharata in Kurushetra field (largest epic of the world).Lord shiva was running in the area of kedarnath and while trying to diving in the marsh land, lord shiva quickly mutate himself in the form of buffalo. pandavas caughted him at here.then lord shiva unwillingly gave Darshan to him. after that Lord Shiva in the form of hump of buffalo worshiping at kedarnath as kedar Nath JI. the arms appear and worshiped at tungnath temple, face at Rudranath, middle part of body atMadmaheshwar and hair at Kalpeshwar temple. the statue of lord shiva face is at natural rock inside the temple.

Rudranath temple

Believable OR Not but It is TrueLord shiva face worshiping at Rudranath, the face of lord Shiva looks like angry at here. and it is strongly believed that in the morning time lord shiva face looks like a small child, in the afternoon the face of lord Shiva looks like a young man but in the evening time the face of lord Shiva looks like a old man. the angry face of lord shiva is looking like to try to seeing back at Rundranath temple. and it is also believed that when lord shiva running to hide from pandavas. he just trying to see little behind to Pandavas. so this moment or this type of action of lord shiva face worshiping at here.

Inside of Rudranath temple

Trekking route of Rudranath temple - Nearest railway station is Rishikesh to reach Rudranath temple. In Rishikesh there are many tour and travel companies give their service in different different area of garhwal, Uttarakhand. the temple is opened only during char dham yatra. so it is best if people plane to visit here duringchar dham yatra. there are many route to trek Rudranath. the simple way to trek Rudranath via Gopeshwar-Sagar way. the Doli of Rudranath temple is also go to same way. the total foot distance via this way is approx 23 km . other way is kedarnath-badrinath route via chopta-tungnath route. if you plan to visit here via chopta-tungnath route. you can stop near Mandal area then the 27km foot distance trek start form here via Anusuya Mata temple. Anusuya Mata temple situated in the route of Rudranath via Mandal about the distance of 3km.

Kalpeshwar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. it is situated at an altitude of 7218ft in Garhwal Himalaya range of Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. this temple belongs to PANCH KEDAR TEMPLE.kalpeshwar temple is the fifth and last temple to be visited under the panch kedar temple(Kedarnath, tungnath, Rudranath, Madmaheshwar, Kalpeshwar). This is the only temple out of five temple(panch kedar) which can be visited 12 month of year. Lord Shiva's tangle hair ( JATA -जटा ) worshiped in kalpeshwar temple. hence lord Shiva also called as the name of JATADHARI (जटाधारी - one who have long messed tress). the beautiful ambiance around the temple looks like quite peace on heaven causes a beautiful place to do meditation.

kalpeshwar temple

Trekking route of kalpeshwar temple- Kalpeshwar Temple located in urgam valley in district chamoli of uttarakhand. nearest railway station is rishikesh. then you can hire local travel or can be buy travel tour package from Rishikesh but it is better if you have own vahicle.The Temple is open 12 month of year but it is better to visit if you also plan to visit badrinath dham orchar dham yatra cause this temple is situated on the way of rishikesh- badrinath road. HELANG is a place which is on the way of badrinath road. a 9 km of dirt road track going from Helang to Urgam valley then it isjust 2 km of easy trek from urgam valley to Kalpeshwar temple.

Panch Kedar- panch kedar temple is associated with five Hindu temple of lord Shiva. all the five temple is situated in garhwal region of uttarakhand. these five temple known as following names-

panch kedar temple

History Of Panch Kedar Temple - Long era ago in hindu mythology, it's the time in Kurushetra war (Mahabharat-महाभारत ) between kauravas and pandavas. when kaurava's were objection to give some part of state to pandavas. the largest war of mahabharata began between kaurava's and pandava's. Pandavas killed all their kith and kinn (kaurava) in the war. after that they felt sinner for killed own relatives. then pandavas brothers went to lord shiva for blessing or remission form sin. but lord shiva did not want to see(दर्शन) unwillingly. lord shiva ran to hidden from pandavas in garhwal himalaya range of uttarakhand. after that when lord shiva was running in the area of kedarnath valley, pandavas saws him to running here. immediately lord shiva changed his form in the form of buffalo and try to diving in marsh land but pandavas caught him while shiva trying to go underground. hump of buffalo leaving behind on the surface then eventually lord Shiva remission to pandavas and permiss him to worship his hump in the form of buffalo at here and it is strongly believed that pandavas buit kedarnath temple in just one night for worship of lord shiva in the form of hump of buffalo at kedarnath.

the other part of buffalo apperars in different area of kedarnath valley. arms appear in tungnath, face apear in rudranath, navel part of body(middle) appere in madmaheshwar valley and hair (जटा) appear and worshiped at kalpeshwar temple.

kedarnath valley bounded by kedarnath peak and chorabar glacier in north area of valley or southern area of Gangotri Glacier . kedarnath temple is situated 2 km away from Himalaya glacier. it was the time of 1880 when kedarnath valley is so far alone(not much popularity) from holy pilgrims across India. that time even a single huts or rooms not available to sheltering here. year by year pilgrims attracting in this peaceful environment. Several thousands devotees visiting kedarnath since 25 years back. now the travelling towards kedarnath by pilgrims increasing is explosiveness across whole world. even the basic need for pilgrims like accommodation or food are now available usually.however everything is priced slightly higher than the main base price in kedarnath market.
kedarnath is the only place amongest the all highest pilgrim place in himalaya range that is not affected more much by environmently due the few accessibility. kedarnath shrine came in existence by popularity around 1980. the below figure of total number of pilgrim visited in shown according to the Badrinath- Kedarnath temple committee.
year pilgrim traffic
1990 1,17,774
2000 2,15,270
2010 4,00,014
2011 5,70,000

kedarnath temple and town development

Deoria Tal is one the most beautiful natural lake in Uttarakhand state of India.some people called it devariya tal, some local people also called it dyura tal (द्यूरा ताल ) in their local language (garhwali). yet it is popular as a name of Deoria tal. the Lake is situated an alivation of 8000ft on the top hill of Ukhimath Town in Rudraprayag district. deoria lake is surrounding with beautiful greenness grasses and dense forest. the best pleasure to reach deoria tal is that you can looked up whole kedar valley beauty with several Himalanyas peaks like chaukhamba peak, kedarnath peak, bandarpoonch peak and a beautiful large himalaya rang.

In a clear weather Deoria lake seems as the whole mountain rang (mainly chaukhamba peak) is making it's reflection on lake and this beautiful reflection view on lake is worthy to visit deoria tal.

deorai tal

mountain range view form deoria lake

how to reach deoria tal- buses, jeeps and other vehicles are directly accessible by road form Delhi, Haridhwar or Rishikesh to Ukhimath town. The Road Distance from Haridhwar to Ukhimath is approx 206km. then the deoria tal is just 12 km formUkhimath via Sari Village. sari village is the last road stop point to reach deoria tal. deoria tal is just 2km foot trek from sari village. this place is accessible in al 12 month of year but the maximum tourist and local people prefer to visit here in july to September and December to February (winter time).although it is benefited to tourist or pilgrims if they will also plan to visit
duringchar dham yatra orpach kedar yatra.

beauty of deoria lake

ShivRatri (also called Maha ShivRatri) is Hindu Religion Festival and celebrate every year of month of February or march, according to the Panchang of different state of India in devotion of Lord Shiva by Hindu's across the world. However there are numerous stories of Shiv Ratri Festival in India, according to Purana but most of people believed that "it is the devotion night to Lord Shiva and lord Shiva perform TANDAV (a process in which lord Shiva perform dance with chant), other people believed this day was a marriage day of lord Shiva and goddess Parvati.

Shiv-Ratri Celebration In kedarnath Valley apart from other state or region of india, kedarnath vally peoples also celebrate Shiv Ratri In different style.Shiv Ratri festivals called as a name of Syuraat (a night reverence to Lord Shiva) in kedar valley. all the devotee keep fast and take holy bath in early morning then go to nearly temple of lord shiva for worship.some children of villages try to make God's and Animal's sculpture by soil in the evening of before one day of this auspicious festival and worship those God's and animals sculpture in the morning.this day is a great fun and happiness for all people and children of kedar valley. all peoples had Barley in doors and pray for joy and happiness for all members of family and society.
I don't know much more about other part of India that which delicious dish they make on this auspicious day of Lord Shiva but kedarnath valley people make a one of the most Delicious dish of Uttarakhand state on this day called as "ARSA". Kedarnath valley people preparing to make the matter of arsa dish in the evening of before one day of ShivRatri.

how they make ARSA - first they prepare mixture made with rice flour and jaggery solution on a big pan.
the mixture called as paag in garhwali language. the paag mixer is very strongly tight and can not be rotate with single hand. the next day in occasion of shiv Ratri , they put a big blob of paag and fried it on hot mustard oil.arsa looks like gulabjamun but a little hard then gulab jamun after that they put 3 to 4 piece of arsa in worship place of god and pray. after celebrating the day of Shiv Ratri all family of members share this sweet dish (arsa ) to each other family of relatives of nearby villages.
at last, ShivRatri is a day to decided opening date of kedarnath temple hence this day is also special for all devotee across the world. and one the major cause to enjoy ShivRatri for kedarnath valley people because most of kedar valley family livelihood is depend on the almighty Lord Shiva's Kedarnath temple during Char Dham Yatra.

although opening date of Gangotri, Yamunotri and Badrinath temple already decided before 28 january but most of pilgrims across the globe also waiting for opening date of kedarnath temple, so now the wait is over on the auspicious day of Maha ShivRatri in 20 February 2012 with the deciding of opening date of kedarnath temple 2012. every year the date of opening of kedarnath kapat fixed in Ukhimath (winter seat of kedarnath Doli) by Kedarnath temple committee. all the four temple in Uttarakhand (char dham yatra) opening date is here-

Char Dham Yatra 2012

opening date of Gangotri temple in 2012 is 24 april
opening date of Yamunotri temple in 2012 is 24 april
opening date of kedarnath temple in 2012 is 28 april
opening date of badrinath temple in 2012 is 29 april

the executive officer of kedarnath temple committee, Shir Anil Sharma Ji said that "the door of kedarnath temple will open in earlier morning at 7.15 AM"

Tips & Guide To Trekking Gaurikund To Kedarnath Route

you can hire Dandi (palanquin) , kandi, pony, horse to trek kedrnath temple, there is a government prepaid counter in Gaurikund horse stable to hire pony, palanquins in fixed price rate. in other condition if you hire from somewhere(not in govt. counter) then make sure that pony, palanquin and dandi-kandi is register under government registration number. only hire a register pony or palanquin.
do not carry all cloths and all other heavy things, only go with one or two heavy woolen clothes, jackets, hat and take raincoat to avoid the rain, make your luggage more lighten that can be helping you to make-out from tiring, even only up to 10kg luggage is allowed with per pony, per person. if it is necessarily to carry all thing in luggage you can hire a kandi man for that stuff.

government counter to hire pony & palanquin in Gaurikund horse stable

if you are trekking by foot then please ensure that you are mentally and physically fit and not respiratory problem cause you are going to trek at the height of above 11000-12000ft, or you can prepare yourself with exercise like Anulom-Bilom pranayam before some days of trekking.because it can help you to cope with the shortage of oxygen and you breath well. is better if women avoid sarees and other heavy clothes opt like trousers and salwar kameez.

although everyone is tired in trekking and need some rest in the way of trek but please read carefully notice boards or warning signs boards before resting anywhere in the trek-way, may be nearby dangerous zone for rock fall, landslides may be happen in these area and be always active at these dangerous places.

landslide in kedarnath trek route

carry a reputed water company bottle with you like Kinley, Bisleri, Aquafina and ensure that it is sealed pack while buying.

be with all group members or family, and never try to attempt any short cut way in 14km trekking route.you may carry a kit of medicine like first aid box in any emergency

eat only cooked, boiled and fried foods. avoid taking any type of cold food or drinks in any case.
make discipline with nature and do not throw any plastic stuff in trek way. plastic is banned most in this area use garbage box.
it is better if you trek kedarnath way before 12:00 am morning cause you may take 4 to 6 hour to reach at temple so if you trek after 12 am you may have trouble in mid- trek from bad weather.

kedarnath Helicoper service -In last five years, more than five helicopter services are giving their best effort in daily flights from Guptkashi, Narayankoti, Phata, Dehradun and New Delhi to Kedarnath shrine.and even more aviation company trying to capture their services in kedarnath valley and expand thier business in these area to provide daily flight services to kedarnath shrine.

pawan hans at kedarnath helipad

Pawan Hans Helicopter ltd. (PHHL)
Prabhatam Aviation
Heritage Aviation
Pinnacle Air pvt ltd(PAPL)(Recommendation by Kedarnath)
Himaliyan Aviation
Aryan Aviation
TransBharat Aviation

Pawan Hans Helicoper Service - incorporated in 1985 and gives most of remote area service in India. pawan hans is the only company who firstly starts theirs service in char dham yatra as well as in kedarnath and Amarnath and vaishno devi temple. pawan hans started their service in 2003 summer to kedarnath dham. however you are planning to visit kedarnath via air you may check out pawan hans helicoper service in their official website -

Prabhatam aviation - prabhatam is the second helicopter service that comes to kedarnath valley to provide his best effort in daily . pilggrim feedback is very well wrtten in their offical website. you can directly reservation of you flights to kedarnath from delhi offfice .nb

Heritage Aviation

Heritage aviation situated right on the National Highway no 109 that is Rishikesh to Gauri Kund line.Heritage aviation located just only 1 km from Guptakashi town which is also populer for vishwanath Temple and Best town in disttrict Rudraprayag.

heritage aviation operate 6-7 seater helicopter with good facilities and their pilots are best pilots with above 5000 hours of flying experience.

helicopter service

Tickets (per person) for helicopter

GuptKashi – Kedarnath and Return --- Rs 7300

Gupt Kashi - Kedarnath --- Rs 4250

Kedarnath – Gupt Kashi --- Rs 3100

For VIP Darshan (heli passengers) charges may be extra. The temple committee has fixed a charge of Rs 1100 per person for VIP Darshan. This facilty is available only for helicopter passengers not for indivisual cause badrinath kedarnath temple committi stop the rule of VIP Darshan

All pilgrims above 2 years of age will be charged full ticket.
all the helicopter services lies in theses charges but flight charges may be changed by norms of company.
you may check out other aviation compay charges at following links
check out the kedarnath helicopter services for Himaliyan Aviation, Aryan aviation
for transbharat aviation service booking , you can contact at follwing details
Email- transbharataviation@rediffmail.com

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Kedarnath Online Puja Booking And Details- All booking and details of online puja or pooja are performed under the Badrinath-kedarnath Temple Committee. you can choose one of the best time and type of puja schedule offering in kedarnath temple under temple committee.
if you are looking for earlier morning pooja ( puja ), you can book one of them -
Morning Puja Schedule And Price
Decription of puja price in rupees `

kedarnath lingam

Full-day puja 15000
Maha-abhishek 5100
Rudra Abhishek 4100
Short time Rudrabhishek 3500
Sodasopachar 3100
Morning Puja 500
Bal-Bhog 551
Note-all the Shiv-Abhishek puja and sodaspachar puja is limited with 5 person due to crowed inside temple . and all pooja are performs between 4 AM to 7 AM.
however according to your suitable time situation you can also do Evening Puja booking and choose your best Puja schedule.
Decription of Evening Puja price in `

Sampurn arti (सम्पूर्ण आरती) 4500

Shiv Mahimashrot 1100

Shiv Taandavshrot (तांडवश्रोत) 1000

Shiv sahastranam 1100

Note- all the evening time puja is limited with 5 person and performs in the time of 6 PM to 7:30 PM.
even you can do also bhog puja in 500 ` which is performed by temple priest ( pujari ) and Yagya hawan ( यज्ञ हवन ) in 1100 `.

after deciding the best pooja schedule, you can make a DD in the following address. your puja will be book after the confirm receiving DD by temple Committee.

Shri Pramod Nautiyal,
IT Co-ordinator
Shri Badrinath- Kedarnath Temples Committee
Chandrabhaga Bridge , Rishikesh, Uttarakhand - 249 201. INDIA.
Telefax: + 91 - (135) 2430261
e-mail: admin@badarikedar.org; chairman@badarikedar.org; pramod@badarikedar.org
for more latest updates about kedarnath or badrinath online pooja booking you can call or contact in above phone number and address

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in our last updates we updated the news about kedarnath online puja booking. now here is the all details about that "how to booking Badrinath puja online" first of all you must be select one the them accoding to your suitable time in badrinath shrine.here is the all puja details in badrinath temple.

special puja       price in INR `
shrimad bhagwat sapt-path 21001
all day puja 21001
Morning time puja/pooja    price `
Mahabhishik   6301
Abhishek 4901
geeta paath (7.30 AM-3PM) 2101
ved paath (7.30 AM-3PM) 1401

Note- only 2 or 3 person allowned in morning time puja due to crowd space inside the temple and the time of morning puja is  (4:30-6:30 AM)
here is the details of evening pujaa in badrinath temple-
Evening Puja time   ( 6:00 to 9:00PM )  price

kapoor aarti 211
swarn aarti 490
vishnusahastranam paath 561

even pilgrimes can be make willingness donation with full devotion . but it is better if you personally contact with temple commitee on following details.
you can make a DD in the given details below after choosing your pooja types from the list. all the puja details will notified after the confirm receiving DD by the Committee.

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it's again after a 6 month of winter gap while the declaration of opening date of kedarnath shrine for all devotee is fixed on 28 april of 2012 , public work department(PWD) started to work on the passageway between Gaurikung to kedarnath. according to the Public work department (pwd) Cheif Shri Ramesh Pal " this year recorded heavy snow falls in kedarnath area and they put their worker, labor on the trek of Gaurikind to kedarnath" gaurkund to rambara trek will be repair and clear by 15 april. all the cleaning and repairing of the trek will be complete near to 20 april. after 20 april they must be clear all snow in the area of kedarnath helipad by 25 april. and the kedarnath yatra will be start from 28 april.

snowfall in kedarnath

although kedarnath valley situated in Ukhimath block and all the works (road and other path) on ukhimath block area handed by public work department and it's office is situated in Ukhimath. all the work done by public work department in ukhimath block area is trust-able and admirable in last several years.and this department is also continuing their best effort in this area service.

Know More About Badrinath And Kedarnath Temple : A Simple Presentation Although several mythological fact and difference mentioned in purana(पुराण) and some are still unknown fact and myths about badrinath and kedarnath dham which is still have to discover-able in future. here, we described some fact and difference about kearnath and badrinath in picture presentation that can help you to understand better. you may read some other fact below presentation cover.

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Some More Other Fact

The first and main difference about kedarnath and badrinath is that "kedarnath temple and valley is dedicated to Lord shiva" while badrinath dham is dedicated to Lord Vishnu.

Both temple is comes under the same act of Badrinath-Kedarnath temple committee.

kedarnath is one of the 12 jyotirlingam of India while badrinath is only shrine and knows as Dham
Both temple is open and closed for fixed time of 6 month and every year badrinath dham is opened just after one day of opening date of kedarnath dham.
Kedarnath is popular as a name of "Hindu Shrine" but Badrinath is popular known by Dham as "Badrinath Dham"

Both places (Kedarnath and badrinath) is a meditation places of lord shiva in past. you may read history of Kedarnath. while lord Shiva escaping from pandavas in kedarnath area. it is also believed that several years ago lord shiva gave some part of Badrinath area to Lord Vishnu in Donation with his own willingness. and went to Kedarnath area.
Kedarnath and badrinath temple have same number ( five ) of another temple in their region which is related to main both temple.all the five temple form of kedarnath temple is knows as Panch Kedar while all the five temple form of badrianth temple is called as Panch Badri temple.

Jai kedar udaar shankar Hans kund sameep sundar kar trishul vishal damru
man bhayankar dukh haram Jai kedar Nmamyaham gyaan gaan vishardam

Gauri ganpati sknd Nandi Annpurna sah Aparna Madmaheshar Tung ishwar
shri kedar Nmamyaham kaal bhairav shobhitam Rudra Kalp Maheshwar

Shel sundar ati himalaya panch pandava dropti sah, Panch dhanya vishal aalay
shubh madir sundaram   jai kedar Nmamyaham jai kedar namamyaham

nikat mandakini saraswati   shiv digamber bhasmadhari naath paawan hai vishalam
jai kedar Nmamyaham   ardh chandra vibhushitam punyapad har dharshanm

udak kund adham paawan sheesh ganga kanth finipati jai kedar udaar shankar
retas kund manoharam jai kedar Nmamyaham   paap taap Nmamyaham ||

Ghoga Mata Festival is one the beautiful festival of Uttarakhand which is celebrated by childeren groups in dedication of Goddess Ghoga Mata. the festival is a eight day long celebaration started wtih the hindu month of chaitra (चैत्र -march). this month is also well known as flower season of Uttarakhand. different types of beautiful flower blossem in uttarakhnad. a great flower festival is also celebrated in uttarakhand governer residency (Raj Bhawan).

History of Ghoga Mata several years ago in past, when Lord Shiva's wife "godess parvati Mata" wanted to go her motherland village for a few days. she want to permission of lord shiva. shiva ignored her. she disappointed, in the end parvati mata went her natal village without permission of Lord shiva. lord shiva very irritated with parvati mata action. and then lord shiva transfigure himself in the form of devil and tried to stop parvati mata to go at her navel places in the way of her village.parvati mata afraid from the form of devil of lord shiva. finally she dicided to go back without going her motherland village. in the mid way of path she's feeling vary hungry and ate snow.although it also the pregnant time of parvati and suddenly she gave birth as a Ghoga child at midway of path before the 9 month of pregnant time.
lord shiva already well known this all story happening with parvati but even though lord shiva ask her that "hows your trip and what you do at there " suddenly she vomited all snow there which she ate in the mid-way. after-that Goddess Ghoga mata is very angry on lord shiva and stay at that same places where she born. lord shiva went to that places to remission from ghoga mata and worshiped her untill ghoga mata not happy. and it belived that this worship process of ghoga mata by lord shiva is happened eight day long. since then Ghoga mata festival is celebrated.

Ghoga Mata Festival

  Ghoga Mata celebration in Kedarnath Valley -
although this festival is celebrated in whole uttarakhand but it is celebrated as different method in different region of uttarakhand. children groups of all villages celebrated in their traditionally method
first of all some children of villages make a palanquin of wood and honored it with samll piece of saree and local flowers ( Fyoli and Burans). this palanquin is looks like a real palanquin of god/goddess. then everyday in the evening time, all children go to around the field and pluck the flowers (fyoli) and leaf in village.and take it on little wooden baskets. in the next morning the whole group of childern ready to worship of Goddess Ghoga mata in the form of palanquin. they proceed palanquin at every family door and demand for some money or Pulses, rice and vegetable. in return of these items, one of the group member who's play the role of head priest, put a Tilak(तिलक) on all family members and also put flowers in front of doors with a song which is dedicated to ghoga mata. Here is the some lines of Ghoga mata famous song-

  jai ghoga mata paiya paati pyolya phool जय घोगा माता पैया पाती प्योली फूल
ghoga'n boli keeka phool घोगन बोली कीका  फूल
hamun boli phyolya phool हमुन बोली प्योलिया फूल

the flowers is the local flowers and known as the name of Pyoli, Burans and paiya. this process is continued for seven days. although the same process is continued in 8th day. but this day is also special for cause the last day of ghoga mata festival. all the collected money, food and vegetable offering to all village people and enjoyed whole day.

kalimath temple is one of the most famous temple with cultural and traditional importance in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand. it is the only sidh peeth in kedarnath valley, situated in an altitude of 6000 ft in the bank of holy Saraswati river. this temple is dedicated to Goddess Kali mata. it is the legend about the temple that goddess kali mata killed devil Raktbeej here and goes underground in kalimath and that point becomes a ditch after that it is covered by the silver plate permanently and never opened except the day of navratri hence Inside the temple, it is interesting to know about that there is no statue of goddess kali mata.only that silver plate worshiped in dedication of kali maa.
Another Story- Some local people also believed second history of kalimath temple that when mata sati sacrifice her body in veneration of Daksha Prajapati. Lord Shiva very angry on that action of King Prajapati.
Shiva began start tandava with holing brunt body of mata sati and wherever the piece of brunt body of sati dropped in earth that places in known as Siddhapeeth in later. this story is also the answer of the question that "why kalimath temple called as Sidhapeeth ? "

kalimath

Religious Importance - kalimath is the supposed to be the most powerful divine place in kedar valley. although the temple is less popular visited due to low awareness about this place. this place is also popular for meditation because of peaceful area. a fair festival is also celebrated on the occasion of Navratra in kalimath temple. Navratra is a another holy festival of india. it a nine day long festival in which most of women keep fast in dedication of Goddess NavDurga. in the 8Th day of Navratra called Astami (अस्ठ्मी) in Hindu calendar and dedicated to goddess Kal-Ratri (कालरात्रि). so this day is celebrate in a mid night as a Kal Ratri Festival or kalimath fair here. the festival is also impotent because that day the silver plate where kali mata is supposed to be present is opened by temple priest and it is strongly believed that if one see the darshan (view) of Maa Kali that day his/her wish will be fulfilled by Kalimath Mata.this day the pooja performed outside the temple by the temple priest.

Traditional Importance - it is strongly believed in kedarnath valley that if one purchased any vehicle (either two or four wheeler), it is necessary to be worshiped vehicle in kalimath. after worship, the owner of vehicle put a photo of kalimath temple in the vehicle or bind a string with name of Goddess Kali Mata .

places near to Kalimath temple - Goddess Laxmi Mata temple is also situated near kalimath temple complex (15 foot distance from temple) where wooded fire is continue burning since three Hindu era period (३ युगों से ). A Great Conventional Sanskrit language writer kalidaas also has done meditation at that place.

Kalishila - Vrati baba (saint), a great worshiper of goddess kali mata also had done meditation worship of maa kali at kalishila place, situated 4 km away foot trek from kalimath temple. after later year vrati baba(saint) had take burial (समाधी ) at kalishila in kalishila rock. people also worshiped here after kalimath temple.

How To Reach Kalimath Temple - the temple is accessible all 12 month of the year.

Distance form new Delhi to kalimath is around 430 km. you can reach here by followed road distance
delhi to haridwar- 220 km (Haridwar Road)
haridwar to Rishiksh- 25km
rishikesh to rudraprayg 139 km (Badrinath Road)
rudraprayag to Guptakashi or kalimath - 50 km (kedarnath Road)

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