Badrinath – Vishnu Temple in the Himalayas, Uttarakhand, India
Badrinath (altitude 3300m) is like Kedarnath in a remote valley of the Garhwal Himalayas and one of the main Hindu temples in India. It is part of two major pilgrimage routes – the Char Dham Yatra and the Chota Char Dham Yatra. There are many hot springs in the area.
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- Thousands of pilgrims are visiting Badrinath and the colorful Vishnu temple every year
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- The main gate of the temple – the right-hand swastika is one of the 108 symbols of the Hindu god Vishnu
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- Badrinath is situated at the Alaknanda river in the Garhwal Himalayas.
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- Tapt Kund, the hot springs
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- The Alaknanda River flows north of and above Badrinath through a lovely green valley
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- A sadhu poses in a cave on the way to Mana
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- A little further up lies the village of Mana – according to legend Maharshi Vyas composed Mahabharatha in this village
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- India’s last Chai shop before the Chinese border on the way to Tibet
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- A waterfall behind Mana is supposedly the area where the famous Saraswati river disappears into the ground – it reappears again at far away Allahabad.
