Chardham Yatra at august2009
Chardham Yatra at august2009
Hi,
I want to visit Char Dham ( kedar, badri, gangotri & yamunatri) at the mid of august'2009. I will start my journey from kolkata.
Please suggest the proper route by bus from haridwar. I want to complete the entire programme with aroud 12 day.
I want to visit Char Dham ( kedar, badri, gangotri & yamunatri) at the mid of august'2009. I will start my journey from kolkata.
Please suggest the proper route by bus from haridwar. I want to complete the entire programme with aroud 12 day.
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And no double posts pl.
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Char Dham Yatra
Hi,
iwould suggest you to take Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd. (KMVNL) or Uttarakhand Vikas Nigam Ltd. Both are Govt. of Uttarakhand travels. I would also like to go, but i am alone
so i have some hesitation in going there. Please share your
experience after return back from Char Dham, Best of Luck,
Happy journey
I want to visit Char Dham ( kedar, badri, gangotri & yamunatri) at the mid of august'2009. I will start my journey from kolkata.
Please suggest the proper route by bus from haridwar. I want to complete the entire programme with aroud 12 day.[/QUOTE]
iwould suggest you to take Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd. (KMVNL) or Uttarakhand Vikas Nigam Ltd. Both are Govt. of Uttarakhand travels. I would also like to go, but i am alone
so i have some hesitation in going there. Please share your
experience after return back from Char Dham, Best of Luck,
Happy journey
I want to visit Char Dham ( kedar, badri, gangotri & yamunatri) at the mid of august'2009. I will start my journey from kolkata.
Please suggest the proper route by bus from haridwar. I want to complete the entire programme with aroud 12 day.[/QUOTE]
Chardham Yatra 2009
Chardham Yatra
Our chardham yatra which was postponed twice earlier finally started on 30th Aug 2009
me & my wife Nanda reached Delhi from Mumbai where as my sister Mani, her husband DSR with Nanda's brother Murthy all coming from B'lore joined us at Newdelhi airport
We proceeded towards newdelhi railway station to catch shatabdi express & reached Dehradun at 9.30pm. My manager Sanjeev was kind enough to book rooms at Sidharth hotel near the stn so also booking a taxi for the entire trip.
Next day morning on 31st August we went to Sahasradhara as the driver Chintu had not reached dehradun from Hardwar. The environment at sahasradhara was peaceful & serene still the scenic beauty which we would be coming accross furher in our tour is much more ape ce at kempty falls. We had no words to explain our joy when we entered the falls where water from a height of 100ft looking like pearls falling down in between the sun rays.
We reached Janakichatti at 7.30pm checked in GMVN hotel. Like any other GMVN hotel in Uttarkhand this is also at a vantage point
On 1st september morning we proceeded towards the first of the chardham(generally chardham yatra starts from the west to east starting from Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath in that order). The deity of Yamunadevi was very beautiful. Suryakund & Vishnukund are the two hot water sulphur springs on either side of the temple. Rice put in a muslin cloth dipped in suryakund's boiling water get cooked within 5 minutes.
On 2nd morning we left Janakichatti at 7.30 am & reached Karadi at 11am to visit Thangaon where as per the local stories Jamadagni father of Parashuram had an ashram. We crossed the river and trekked quite a distance to visit the temple which was built at the place of the ashram. As the path was not comfortable dissapointedly we aborted our further trekking as Murthy who was ahead of us came back saying that there was no temple near viscinity. With little more determination now I feel we could have had the glimpse of the temple. Even the pahadi women later empathized with us for not reaching our destination. We proceeded towards Gangotri passed Uttarkashi at 1.30pm Maneri at 3.30pm & finally reached Gangotri at 8.30pm. The road condition in this stretch was pretty bad due to dam construction.
On 3rd morning we went to the Gangotri temple & had a most comfortable darshan of the deity as we were the only five of us at that time. The Bhagirath shila where king Bhagirarath stood & meditated to bring Ganga to earth is inspiring. Post monsoon all the rivers we saw were muddy. We came back to the hotel & headed for our return journey when we passed the tallest bridge on the river china ganga which comes from china after having a darshan of Bhairavnath. The crows which come for food from china have yellow beaks unlike what we see here with black beaks. At Harsil Nanda enjoyed eating apple plucking from the trees. At Gangnani we visited the Parasher (father of sage Vyasa) temple where he meditated for many years & ended his life. Finally we reached Uttarkashi at 6.30 & stayed at hotel Ganga putra a decent & economical one.
On 4th we left the hotel visited the kashi vishwanath temple & proceeded towards Rudraprayag. Enroute had darshan of Chowrangeenath who meditated for years at chowrangikhal. Here one can get tasty sweets & delicious malai dudh. Reached Rudraprayag at 6pm went straight to sangam of Alakananda with Mandakini. GMVN here probably the best in our yatra stay.
Next day( 5th ) at 7.30am we moved towards Gaurikund. Our first halt was at Augustmuni a place where sage Agasthya had meditated for long many years. Next our halt was Guptkashi where a nice temple on shiva stands majestically hidden inside a dilapidated front wall in a bylane. Our last visit before reaching Gaurikund was Triyuginarayan temple a place where Shiva believed to have wedded Parwati in the presence of sri Narayana. The eternal flame of the homkund arround which Shiva & Parwati supposed to have had saptapadi is still burning with the logs being placed by the visiting devotees ofcourse for a price. There were Brahmakund, Vishnukund & Agnikund in the temple praakaar. After Triyuginarayan visit reached Gaurikund at 2.30pm & immediately proceeded to Kedarnath.
On 6th morning went to the kedarnath temple had a very good darshan & pooja after which visited Adi shankaracharya samadhi behind the temple. I had visited this in 1992 at which time it was a neglected monument with absolutely no maintanance. Now a modern architecture has come in that place which is very well maintained fails to give a person a touch of spirituality & a religious belief which the great saint had strived for. We were not able to go to chorabari as there were huge landslides blocking the trek route. We cut short our stay at kedarnath & got down to move to Ukhimath the winter abode of lord kedarnath. Here Usha daughter of the demon king Banasura believed to have married Anirudh son of Pradyumna & grandson of Krishna. The Onkareshwar temple in the complex is also apealing. I dont understand in this region the ancient & beautifully architectured temples are covered with outside walls. From here we reached Chopta the small hamlet with an innate beauty.
On 7th after a sleepless night due to rat menace inside & continuous dogs barking outside we left to Tunganath the 3rd panchkedar & the highest shiva temple in the country. The trek is mesmerizing with an unbelievable scenic sorroundings. After the pooja we came down & left for Joshimath. On the way we visited Gopinath temple at Gopeshwar & Vridhabadri one of the panchbadri temples at Animath 7kms before Joshimath. We had to go down about 200mtrs. The temple idol is vishnu in the form of aged narayana giving darshan to Narada. We reached Joshimath at 6.15pm.
On 8th morning with a pouring rain we left the hotel & reached Vishnuprayag 12kms from Joshimath where there is the confluence of Alakananda with Dhaoli ganga. When we reached Badrinath highway blessing in disguise at pandukeshwar there was a road block which we utilized to visit the Yogabdri temple another panchbadri temple about 300mtrs on the right of the main road.
As the name says here vishnu is in meditating posture. The legend says that Kunti gave birth to Karna at this place & also the end of king Pandu father of pandavas came here. We reached Badrinath at 3pm. We went to the temple in the evening to have a soul filling darshan of the lord.
On 9th morning after the darshan of lord Badrinath & lunch at Ananthmutt we went to Mana village which is an important village both geographically as well as mythologically. Here we saw Ganesh gufa, Vyas gufa, the gushing waters of the river Saraswati & it's confluence with Alakananda at Keshavprayag. The last tea shop near Vyas gufa closed as we were told that the person had gone for his marriage.
On 10th early morning at 5am went to the temple to see the nirvan darshan which was mesmerizing & worth it for all the difficulties the devotees would have taken to come to this place. We felt a sense of relief & achievement for having this rare oppurtunity. After breakfast at 10am we left badrinath & moved towards Joshimath. Evening we went to Shankarmath which is beside the GMVN hotel where we were staying. Here the idol of godess Raja Rajeshwari is imposing & beautiful. We saw the cave where Adi shankaracharya had meditated, the kalpavriksha besides, the mutt which was the first of the four mutts which Adi shankaracharya had established in four coeners of the country ( the other three being at Dwaraka in the west, The puri in the east & Shringeri in karnataka in the south)
On 11th morning we left Joshimath to go to Karnaprayag. At Helong 13kms from Joshimath we turned towards right to go to Kalpeshwar the fifth panchkedar & Dhyan badri at urgam village. But after going for 2 to 3kms we had to abandone proceeding furher due to the dangerously narrow road due to the landslide. We returned back & reached Nandprayag the confluence of Nandakini with Alakananda at 11am. The bathing ghat here is very well done and maintained. Before checking in to the hotel at Karnaprayag we went to see the Adibadri one of the panchbadri temples. Alas at Simli we had to face a mega road block due to a major landslide. Determined not to be cowed down this time we crossed the block by foot in a slushy soil caught hold of a jeep on the other side to reach Adibadri. The temple complex is very ancient & simply marvelus. There totally 14 temples in the complex and the main temple has the idol of vishnu. After having a good darshan returned back to Karnaprayag the confluence of the river Pindar with Alakananda.
On 12th morning at 6am we left the GMVN hotel to have the last leg of our current tour & moved towards Hardwar. At Rishikesh our driver Chintu told us that we go to Neelkant a hilltop shiva temple (ha!ha!ha! All shiva temples in this region are on hilltops only) 32kms from Rishikesh. After darshan we left & reached Hardwar at 6pm
Our chardham yatra which was postponed twice earlier finally started on 30th Aug 2009
me & my wife Nanda reached Delhi from Mumbai where as my sister Mani, her husband DSR with Nanda's brother Murthy all coming from B'lore joined us at Newdelhi airport
We proceeded towards newdelhi railway station to catch shatabdi express & reached Dehradun at 9.30pm. My manager Sanjeev was kind enough to book rooms at Sidharth hotel near the stn so also booking a taxi for the entire trip.
Next day morning on 31st August we went to Sahasradhara as the driver Chintu had not reached dehradun from Hardwar. The environment at sahasradhara was peaceful & serene still the scenic beauty which we would be coming accross furher in our tour is much more ape ce at kempty falls. We had no words to explain our joy when we entered the falls where water from a height of 100ft looking like pearls falling down in between the sun rays.
We reached Janakichatti at 7.30pm checked in GMVN hotel. Like any other GMVN hotel in Uttarkhand this is also at a vantage point
On 1st september morning we proceeded towards the first of the chardham(generally chardham yatra starts from the west to east starting from Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath in that order). The deity of Yamunadevi was very beautiful. Suryakund & Vishnukund are the two hot water sulphur springs on either side of the temple. Rice put in a muslin cloth dipped in suryakund's boiling water get cooked within 5 minutes.
On 2nd morning we left Janakichatti at 7.30 am & reached Karadi at 11am to visit Thangaon where as per the local stories Jamadagni father of Parashuram had an ashram. We crossed the river and trekked quite a distance to visit the temple which was built at the place of the ashram. As the path was not comfortable dissapointedly we aborted our further trekking as Murthy who was ahead of us came back saying that there was no temple near viscinity. With little more determination now I feel we could have had the glimpse of the temple. Even the pahadi women later empathized with us for not reaching our destination. We proceeded towards Gangotri passed Uttarkashi at 1.30pm Maneri at 3.30pm & finally reached Gangotri at 8.30pm. The road condition in this stretch was pretty bad due to dam construction.
On 3rd morning we went to the Gangotri temple & had a most comfortable darshan of the deity as we were the only five of us at that time. The Bhagirath shila where king Bhagirarath stood & meditated to bring Ganga to earth is inspiring. Post monsoon all the rivers we saw were muddy. We came back to the hotel & headed for our return journey when we passed the tallest bridge on the river china ganga which comes from china after having a darshan of Bhairavnath. The crows which come for food from china have yellow beaks unlike what we see here with black beaks. At Harsil Nanda enjoyed eating apple plucking from the trees. At Gangnani we visited the Parasher (father of sage Vyasa) temple where he meditated for many years & ended his life. Finally we reached Uttarkashi at 6.30 & stayed at hotel Ganga putra a decent & economical one.
On 4th we left the hotel visited the kashi vishwanath temple & proceeded towards Rudraprayag. Enroute had darshan of Chowrangeenath who meditated for years at chowrangikhal. Here one can get tasty sweets & delicious malai dudh. Reached Rudraprayag at 6pm went straight to sangam of Alakananda with Mandakini. GMVN here probably the best in our yatra stay.
Next day( 5th ) at 7.30am we moved towards Gaurikund. Our first halt was at Augustmuni a place where sage Agasthya had meditated for long many years. Next our halt was Guptkashi where a nice temple on shiva stands majestically hidden inside a dilapidated front wall in a bylane. Our last visit before reaching Gaurikund was Triyuginarayan temple a place where Shiva believed to have wedded Parwati in the presence of sri Narayana. The eternal flame of the homkund arround which Shiva & Parwati supposed to have had saptapadi is still burning with the logs being placed by the visiting devotees ofcourse for a price. There were Brahmakund, Vishnukund & Agnikund in the temple praakaar. After Triyuginarayan visit reached Gaurikund at 2.30pm & immediately proceeded to Kedarnath.
On 6th morning went to the kedarnath temple had a very good darshan & pooja after which visited Adi shankaracharya samadhi behind the temple. I had visited this in 1992 at which time it was a neglected monument with absolutely no maintanance. Now a modern architecture has come in that place which is very well maintained fails to give a person a touch of spirituality & a religious belief which the great saint had strived for. We were not able to go to chorabari as there were huge landslides blocking the trek route. We cut short our stay at kedarnath & got down to move to Ukhimath the winter abode of lord kedarnath. Here Usha daughter of the demon king Banasura believed to have married Anirudh son of Pradyumna & grandson of Krishna. The Onkareshwar temple in the complex is also apealing. I dont understand in this region the ancient & beautifully architectured temples are covered with outside walls. From here we reached Chopta the small hamlet with an innate beauty.
On 7th after a sleepless night due to rat menace inside & continuous dogs barking outside we left to Tunganath the 3rd panchkedar & the highest shiva temple in the country. The trek is mesmerizing with an unbelievable scenic sorroundings. After the pooja we came down & left for Joshimath. On the way we visited Gopinath temple at Gopeshwar & Vridhabadri one of the panchbadri temples at Animath 7kms before Joshimath. We had to go down about 200mtrs. The temple idol is vishnu in the form of aged narayana giving darshan to Narada. We reached Joshimath at 6.15pm.
On 8th morning with a pouring rain we left the hotel & reached Vishnuprayag 12kms from Joshimath where there is the confluence of Alakananda with Dhaoli ganga. When we reached Badrinath highway blessing in disguise at pandukeshwar there was a road block which we utilized to visit the Yogabdri temple another panchbadri temple about 300mtrs on the right of the main road.
As the name says here vishnu is in meditating posture. The legend says that Kunti gave birth to Karna at this place & also the end of king Pandu father of pandavas came here. We reached Badrinath at 3pm. We went to the temple in the evening to have a soul filling darshan of the lord.
On 9th morning after the darshan of lord Badrinath & lunch at Ananthmutt we went to Mana village which is an important village both geographically as well as mythologically. Here we saw Ganesh gufa, Vyas gufa, the gushing waters of the river Saraswati & it's confluence with Alakananda at Keshavprayag. The last tea shop near Vyas gufa closed as we were told that the person had gone for his marriage.
On 10th early morning at 5am went to the temple to see the nirvan darshan which was mesmerizing & worth it for all the difficulties the devotees would have taken to come to this place. We felt a sense of relief & achievement for having this rare oppurtunity. After breakfast at 10am we left badrinath & moved towards Joshimath. Evening we went to Shankarmath which is beside the GMVN hotel where we were staying. Here the idol of godess Raja Rajeshwari is imposing & beautiful. We saw the cave where Adi shankaracharya had meditated, the kalpavriksha besides, the mutt which was the first of the four mutts which Adi shankaracharya had established in four coeners of the country ( the other three being at Dwaraka in the west, The puri in the east & Shringeri in karnataka in the south)
On 11th morning we left Joshimath to go to Karnaprayag. At Helong 13kms from Joshimath we turned towards right to go to Kalpeshwar the fifth panchkedar & Dhyan badri at urgam village. But after going for 2 to 3kms we had to abandone proceeding furher due to the dangerously narrow road due to the landslide. We returned back & reached Nandprayag the confluence of Nandakini with Alakananda at 11am. The bathing ghat here is very well done and maintained. Before checking in to the hotel at Karnaprayag we went to see the Adibadri one of the panchbadri temples. Alas at Simli we had to face a mega road block due to a major landslide. Determined not to be cowed down this time we crossed the block by foot in a slushy soil caught hold of a jeep on the other side to reach Adibadri. The temple complex is very ancient & simply marvelus. There totally 14 temples in the complex and the main temple has the idol of vishnu. After having a good darshan returned back to Karnaprayag the confluence of the river Pindar with Alakananda.
On 12th morning at 6am we left the GMVN hotel to have the last leg of our current tour & moved towards Hardwar. At Rishikesh our driver Chintu told us that we go to Neelkant a hilltop shiva temple (ha!ha!ha! All shiva temples in this region are on hilltops only) 32kms from Rishikesh. After darshan we left & reached Hardwar at 6pm
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