BhaktiVed🛕 Temples of India
Char Dham
The four abodes at the four corners of India — Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram — plus the Himalayan Chota Char Dham circuit.
- 1 BadrinathBadrinath, UttarakhandBetween the Nar and Narayan peaks on the Alaknanda, at about 3,100 m, Badrinath is the northern abode of the Char Dham and one of the 108 Divya Desams. The black saligra…
- 2 Dwarkadhish TempleDwarka, GujaratWhere the Gomti meets the sea in Krishna's capital, the Jagat Mandir is the western abode of the Char Dham and a Divya Desam. The flag on its five-storeyed spire is chan…
- 3 Puri Jagannath TemplePuri, OdishaThe eastern abode of the Char Dham on the Bay of Bengal. Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra are carved in neem wood and renewed every several years in the Nabakalebara c…
- 4 Rameswaram RamanathaswamyRameswaram (Pamban island), Tamil NaduThe linga worshipped by Sri Rama himself: both a Jyotirlinga and the southern abode of the Char Dham. Its pillared corridors are the longest of any temple in India, and …
🏔 Temples of India
Chota Char Dham (Uttarakhand)
Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath, visited in that order; the shrines open only from late spring until around Diwali.
- 1 YamunotriYamunotri, UttarakhandThe shrine of Yamuna Devi near the river's source, where the Chota Char Dham yatra begins; it is about a 6 km walk from Janki Chatti.
- 2 GangotriGangotri, UttarakhandThe shrine of Ganga on the Bhagirathi; Gaumukh, the glacier snout where the river is born, lies about 19 km upstream. In winter the goddess is worshipped at Mukhba village.
- 3 KedarnathKedarnath, UttarakhandAt about 3,580 m among snow peaks on the Mandakini, Kedarnath opens each year only from around Akshaya Tritiya until Bhai Dooj; in winter the deity is worshipped at Ukhimath.
- 4 BadrinathBadrinath, UttarakhandBetween the Nar and Narayan peaks on the Alaknanda, at about 3,100 m, Badrinath is the northern abode of the Char Dham and one of the 108 Divya Desams. The black saligra…