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Kedarnath. / 30.73°N 79.07°E / 30.73; 79.07. Kedarnath is a town and Nagar Panchayat in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand, India, known primarily for the Kedarnath Temple. It is approximately 86 kilometres from Rudraprayag, the district headquarter. Kedarnath is the most remote of the four Chota Char Dham pilgrimage sites.
Shaivism. Kedarnath Temple ( Sanskrit: केदारनाथ मंदिर, IAST: Kēdāranātha Mandira, lit. 'temple of the God of the field') is a Hindu temple, one of the twelve jyotirlinga of Shiva. The temple is located on the Garhwal Himalayan range [ 1] near the Mandakini river, in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Chota Char Dham. The Chota Char Dham ( lit. 'the small four abodes/seats' or 'the small circuit of four abodes/seats') is an important modern Hindu pilgrimage circuit [ 1] in Uttarakhand, in the Indian Himalayas. Located in the Garhwal region of the state of Uttarakhand, the circuit consists of four sites— Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, and ...
The Char Dham ( Hindi: चारधाम, romanized : Cārdhām transl. the four abodes ), or the Chatur Dhama ( Sanskrit: चतुर्धाम, romanized : Caturdhāma) [ 1], is a set of four Hindu pilgrimage sites in India, [ 2] consisting of Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram. [ 3][ 4] Badrinath, Dwarka, and Puri are shrines of ...
Kedarnath (or Kedarnath Main) and Kedarnath Dome (or Kedar Dome) are two mountains in the Gangotri Group of peaks in the western Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand state, India. Kedarnath (Main) lies on the main ridge that lies south of the Gangotri Glacier, and Kedarnath Dome, a subpeak of the main peak, lies on a spur projecting towards the ...
Hinduism portal. v. t. e. Gauri Kund is a Hindu pilgrimage site and base camp for trek to Kedarnath Temple, in Uttarakhand, India. [1] [2] It is situated at an altitude of 6502 feet above mean sea level in the Garhwal Himalayas. Anekadhangavadeswarar is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint ...
v. t. e. Doleshwor Mahadeva ( Nepali: डोलेश्वर महादेव) is a Hindu Temple of Lord Shiva located in Suryabinayak, south eastern part of Bhaktapur District, Nepal, and is believed to be the head part of Kedarnath temple located in Uttarakhand, India. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The current temple structure is spread over 12000 square ...
Rudranath ( Sanskrit: रुद्रनाथ) is a Hindu temple dedicated to God Shiva, located in the Garhwal Himalayan mountains in Uttarakhand, India. Located at 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) above sea level, [ 1][ 2] this natural rock temple is situated within a dense forest of rhododendron dwarfs and Alpine pastures. [ 3] The temple is the ...