Yamunotri -Char dham

      The starting point of the Char dam yatra is the Yamunotri.The place where Yamuna the daughter of Surya,emerges and purifies the earth.Yamuna is also known as Jamuna and Kalindi.It is believed that whoever takes a bath in river Yamuna will be spared a torturous death as Yamuna is sister of Yamraj,Lord of Death.

Yamunotri temple

                                                
       This temple dedicated to river Yamuna is 3165 mts above sea level .The shrive witnesses large numbers of devotees from April to October.Yamunotri is the source of river Yamuna originating from Champassar glacier 1 km ahead of the temple,quite difficult to get there.
      The temple boasts of three hot springs,most important being the Surya kund. Here the tank is filled with boiling water and rice is dipped into it to be taken as prasad. A sulfur hot spring where males take a bath is quite refreshing.A draupadi kund is also in the premises of the temple.
      Divya shila is a rock slab where prayers are offered to the deity.The trek from Janaki  chatti is filled with scenic beauty and warefalls along the mountains.

Watch video of Yamunotri  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eud36RjnIoU


How to reach Yamunotri

Air        -Jolly grant,17 km from Rishikesh.
Train    -nearest station Rishikesh,Dehradun,Haridwar.
Road     - Rishikesh to Yamunotri:222km
                via Narendernagar to chamba ,Tehri,Dharasu,Barkot,
                Janakichatti.

                Another route is from Dehradun to Barkot to Janaki 
               chatti.(It being shorter)


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Gangotri trip

           I wish to go somewhere i can admire the creativity of god ....a place which vibrates with His presence.I think i have found out that place and i am planning my next travel trip to Gangotri.As i have heard it is a beautiful place with quiet surrounding where sadhus take a dip in ice cold water .I just imagine myself along the ice capped mountains and a ice glacier in my site.What fun will that be i am excited like a little kid.Nowadays its raining there and i have read about a landslide there but i think it will be over by one month and that's the time a child will meet with his Creator.
         At Gangotri there is a temple devoted to goddess Ganga and a sacred place where Bhagirath is believed to worship Lord Shiva.The origin of river Ganga is at Gaumukh,which is 18 km from the Gangotri temple.The river is called Bhagirathi at its origin and gets the name Ganga as it reaches the Devprayag.
          The Gangotri temple is the central point of the village and devotees from around the globe come to pay homage to Ganga river.The semwal priests perform the rituals at the temple.