Char Dham Yatra 2022 Here we are providing the complete details about the temples and the stops at the time of the Char Dham Yatra. There are many attractive points which we will cover at the time of the Char Dham Yatra. Most of the Char Dham Yatra starts from The Haridwar. So we are also considering Haridwar as the starting or the ending point of the Char Dham Yatra.
The Char Dham Yatra covers the Four Historical Temples:
- Yamunotri Temple
- Gangotri Temple
- Badrinath Temple
- Kedarnath Temple
The jpurney of the divine path Char Dham yatra sarts from the Haridwar. We will reach in the order of the First we will visit at Yamunotri Temple, Gangotri Temple, Badrinath and Kedarnath. According to Hindu believe visiting to these sites helps to achieve the Moksha. It is considered by the Hindu that every Hindu should visit at Char Dham in a lifetime. The four sites of the Char Dham Yatra nestled among the serene heights of the great Himalayas.
1. Routes to reach the Yamunotri Dham from Haridwar
Two routes to reach the Yamunotri Dham from Haridwar. They are:
- Yamunotri Temple via Dehradhun (we will follow this route)
- Yamunotri Temple via Rishikesh (this is not well developed and 40km extra long)
From Haridwar it will take more than 10-12 hours because several guests are interested to visit some on-routes sightseeing places like:
- Shree Prakasheswar Temple near Mussoorie
- Kempty Fall & Company Bagh, near Mussoorie
- Lakha Mandal, between Mussoorie & Barkot.
Before 40-50 km of Yamunotri Temple, the city Barkot lies. This is the first stop where we will spend the day. From here (Barkot) yyou can visit to the famous destinations near it that are 41 and 88 km away. They are:
- Kamleshwar Mahadev Temple ( 41 km from Barkot)- This temple is founded by Shri Ram and Hanuman Ji.
- Mahasu Devta Temple(46 km away from Kamleshwar Mahadev Temple and 88km away from Barkot)
Click here to see the Google map of Barkot to above mentioned two temples distance.
2. From Barkot to Yamunotri Yatra
On the next day morning you will leave for Yamunotri Temple from the Barkot. From here the car rental drive start up to Syanachatti which is very beautiful town. This town come on the route to Yamunotri Dham. The distance between Barkot and Syanachatti is 30km.
We will drive from the Syanachatti, then in the mid way Hanuman Chatti was the last stop for the cars. From here the travelers have to walk 13 km towards the Yamunotri Temple, but not now.
The travelers of the Hanuman Chatti now drive towards the Janki Chatti which is 8.5 km away and hence it is the last stop for the car, bus, bike and bus. The distance of yamunotri temple from here is 5 km trek. So you can go by walking or go by horse, palki or pithu.
Once you reached at the Yamunotri Temple , visit the three hot water kunds:
- Surya Kund(water temperature 88 0 C)
- Drapaudi Kund
- Gauri Kund
The Surya Kund is much famous among the three kunds of Yamunotri. At here the travelers put a cloth with the raw rice & which gets cooked and this is the main Prasad of Yamunotri Temple.
The Gauri Kund is rich in sulfur for the reason that it is an advice not to stay in the kund for the much longer.