Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Badrinath Temple


Badrinath is one of the four dhams pilgrimage in India. It is located in the lap of Nar-Narayan Parvat which is also known as the Badri Vishal, in Uttrakhand, India. It is sacred as the seat of the god Vishnu in his aspect of Badrinarayan.

By far the most important of the four Char Dham sites, Badrinath receives many more visitors than the other three sites.

It is believed that to revive the lost prestige of Hinduism and to unite the country in one bond, Adi Guru Sri Shankaracharya built four pilgrimage centres in four corners of India. Among them were Badrikashram (Badrinath temple) in the north, Rameshwaram in the south, Dwarkapuri in the west and Jagannath Puri in the east.

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