Kedarnath Dham
Kedarnath Dham is also a town and Nagar in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand India, thus known primarily for the Kedarnath Dham. It is by and large 86 kilometers from Rudraprayag the district headquarter.
This is located in the Himalayas about 3583M (11,755ft) above sea level the chorabari glacier, thus which is the source of this Mandakini river.
History Of
Kedarnath Dham :
Kedarnath Temple (Sanskrit: Kedarnath Dham IAST: Kēdāranātha Mandira, lit. ’temple of the God of the field’) is a Hindu temple roughly 1200 years old[1] dedicated to Shiva.
The temple is located on the Garhwal Himalayan range[citation needed] near the Mandakini river, in the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Due to extreme weather conditions, the temple is open to the general public only between April (Akshaya Tritiya) and November (Kartik Purnima, the autumn full moon).
During the winters, the vigraha (deity) of the temple is carried down to Ukhimath to be worshiped for the next six months. Kedarnath is seen as a homogenous form of Shiva, the ‘Lord of Kedarkhand’,
The historical name of the region.
The temple is not directly accessible by road and has to be reached by a 22 kilometers (14 mi) uphill trek from Gaurikund. Pony, mule and banchan services are available to reach the temple.
According to Hindu legends, the temple was initially built by the Pandavas and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the holiest Hindu shrines of Shiva.
History Of
Kedarnath Dham:
The Pandavas were supposed to have pleased Shiva by doing penance in Kedarnath. The temple is one of the four major sites in India’s Chota Char Dham.
Pilgrimage of the Northern Himalayas and is the first of the Panch Kedar pilgrimage sites.
This temple is the highest among the 12 Jyotirlingas. It is one of the 275 pedal petra thalami expounded in the Tevaram, a sacred Tamil Shaivite text written during the 6th and 7th centuries by 63 saints called Nayanars.
This temple is sung of by Thirugnanasambandar, Appar, Sundarar, and Sekkizhar in their Tevaram texts.
Kedarnath was the worst affected area during the 2013 flash floods in North India. The temple complex, surrounding areas,
Kedarnath town suffered extensive damage, but the temple structure did not suffer any major damage, apart from a few cracks on one side of the four walls which were caused by the flowing debris from the higher mountains.
A large rock among the debris acted as a barrier, protecting the temple from the flood. The surrounding premises and other buildings in the market area were heavily damaged.
Kedarnath Dham:
Kedarnath Dham has so many stories in the Hindu religion, these scriptures tell about the origin of the Kedarnath Dham.
This temple is the highest among the 12 Jyotirlingas, thus the temple complex, and area surrounding.
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