Kedarnath-Tungnath-Badrinath

Jay Shree Kedarnath So this journey is all about spirituality with adventure. We are heading to Kedarnath, Tungnath, Badrinath. Started journey from Ahmedabad. In yoga express,

This places is famous for its chilled kullhad rabdi. Feast made from milk and sugar. Don’t forget to try this delicious feast of Rajasthan while crossing aburoad station

Train will be crossing from Delhi early in the morning.

Every time when we travel to this divine place devbhoomi Uttarakhand from Gujrat. We get lots of elder devotees going to Haridwar with us and we make good memories with lot many people of our parent’s age. That parenting guesture of them…..

That’s how we reached to Haridwar. You can take a quick halt here to visit Ganga Aarti at Har ki Paudi. And take bath in holy river maa ganga. For further journey we left from here to yognagri Rishikesh. It is paradise for peace lovers.

These are some views of Haridwar we get while transferred to Rishikesh

We checked in to skyyard,skyard is a budget backpacker hostel for solo travellers and couples. Provides best view of maa Ganga, lakshmanjula, tapovan area.

Cafe in skyard is good, I would say still you can have better experience of food just nearby this hostel there are many cafes available.

A serene sunset❤️

Around after 24 hours of train journey and exploring Haridwar for few hours, We decided to perform Ganga Aarti rituals at nearest ghat. One cat try to attend Aarti happening at paramarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh.

Enjoy the Timelapse attached here😍. Early in the morning we woke up, got ready for our further journey to guptkashi today. Gathered on rooftop cafe for 🥞 breakfast. And we are ready to explore Rishikesh little and gear up to get blessings from god of Himalayas, Mahadeva 🕉️

They call it market for foreigners, and believe me the art and craft was just like a wowwww!!! Here…

So little late in afternoon we left from Rishikesh towards guptkashi via Devprayag Rudraprayag This particular place is outerside of Rishikesh called Shivpuri area famous for water sports.

So it was too late to cross Devprayag at 7:00 PM and Rudraprayag at 10:00 PM Not suggesting to ride in hill area. But we took little risk and tried to reach at our destination Guptkashi. I remember we met theses 👮‍♀️ cops I attached pics here, and they were so kind and humble to us, advised to reach destination in time and safely. We took a selfie and said bye😃

Cosy wooden cottages was very restful for us. Latenight at 11:30pm we checked in to Vivek guest house and enjoyed dinner in their restaurant area. Slept 💤 right after dinner to wake up early in morning for further journey to Kedarnath.

Early in morning we left for Kedarnath. Private of public vehicles are allowed till Sonprayag. There are parking arrangements and we parked car there.

These are some views on our way to sonprayag from Guptkashi.

From Sonprayag parking, take 200 meter of walk and by crossing this bridge, other side of bridge, we got local taxi with fare 50 INR, which will drop us at Gaurikund, exactly from where the Kedarnath ji trekking gets starts.

Kedarnath trek is actually 22km long trek. Do not go on the signboard located in the way, it says it is 17km, but believe me… it is not😅. But you will be amazed and feel blessed with the views of Kedarnath valley, freshness and that divine touch in air, water, food… just everything.

We were in a group of 8 and people completed this trek, within 7 to 9 hours, Few of us had reached to Kedarnath dham before evening Aarti rituals, where few were few came all the way to temple at 9:00 PM.

This was the first glimpse of Devadhidev Mahadev , I seen with my eyes, there was no control on tears coming out from the eyes and that experience. That was the moment I could say yes this place is having some magic❤️ in it. One must visit and feel.

We booked Marwar house, which costed us 2200 INR per person with food and night stay. And next day early morning it was time to visit Kedarnath temple,and get blessings from the god of Himalayas, Devadhidev Mahadev. There are other places to visit in temple area are, Bheemshila, Bhairav temple, Shankaracharya temple. By 10:00 AM we started trekking down to Gaurikund, reached by 6pm and started journey towards Chopta valley, to visit Tritiya Kedar Shree Baba Tungnath. Reached to Chopta by 11PM and checked in to Amar resort Chopta. Had dinner, did stargazing and went to bed. Next morning is relexing as can walk up by 8AM to trek to Tungnath temple from Chopta valley

Some playful moments from the resort. We had breakfast with this view in morning here. We are now heading to visit Shree baba Tungnath temple.

We need to do around 3.5KM to 4kM, it’s a easy to moderate trek. Chopta valley is a reserved grasslands at 12500 Feet height, provides mesmerising panoramic views.

Jay Shree Baba Tungnath, Here we visualise and felt glory of worlds heights shiva temple, situated on 12000 Feet height. This trek can be done throughout year, it is a famous snow trek of Uttarakhand in winters and temple kept close for 6 months during winters due to heavy snow. We trekked back to base by Noon 3 PM and headed towards further journey to Badri vishal Shree Badrinath Ji.

This place is Bhimtala, it 3.5 hours journey from Chopta, and place is nearby Joshimath. Hotel peace palace is recommended place, good good and good stay option. After a night stay here, at 9:00 AM today we started journey to Badrinath temple and 🇮🇳 India’s first village mana. There is Narsingh temple to visit in joshimath which is called “Bhavishya Badri” too. At Mana village we can visit below places : Ganesh gufa, Vasistha gufa, bheempul, Vasudhara waterfall

Jay Shree Badrivishal

After visiting Badrinath temple, we are heading back to Rishikesh this morning, started journey to Rishikesh via Rudraprayag, Devprayag sangam, Dhari Devi Temple. Transferred to Delhi IGI airport by booking a Taxi 🚕 from Rishikesh. And one more wonderful, divine, and with full of adventurous trip end with lots of memories and blessings here. Jay Shree Kedarnath 🕉️