Badrinath, Garhwal, Uttarakhand
Introduction Indians have an unshakable belief that the Himalayan mountains have been the abode of gods and goddesses for ages. Himalayas are divine and Garhwal-Kumaon is the God's land in itself. On the border of Garhwal and Kumaon, in the Himalayan premises , under the shade of deodar trees, on the banks of the roaring blue-white, swift flowing Alaknanda river, is the supreme abode of Lord Vishnu i.e. Badrinath. The river Ganga blesses the devotees with sacred waters at the highly spiritual Hrishikesh. From there, the first stop on the journey into the interior of the Himalayas is Devprayag, where the deep green flow of the Bhagirathi river meets the foaming Alaknanda. One can traverse the banks of this Bhagirathi in the north direction to reach the source of Ganga, the Gangotri- Gomukh. After passing through Devprayag, you reach Rudraprayag, where the Alaknanda absorbs the flow of graceful Mandakini which brings the blessing of Kedarnath, the supreme pl...
