Kedarnath,Badrinath (04N/05D)

After early morning breakfast check out from the hotel and drive for guptkashi. On arrival check in at hotel. Rest of the day free to explore the SITAPUR / PHATAtown. Dinner and overnight stay in SITAPUR / PHATAhotel/camps.

Early hours proceed to sonprayag (4 kms.) Then to gaurikund (5 kms.) By govt. Jeep. And later proceed to kedarnath (17 kms.). After darshan / pooja at temple, return to hotel. Overnight stay.

PILGRIMS BY HELICOPTER:

Early morning proceed to sirsi / phata / guptakashi helipad to kedarnath helipad. Later, proceed to kedarnath temple by walk (1 km.). After darshan / pooja at temple, return to helipad to board the helicopter back to hotel. Overnight stay.

KEDARNATH TEMPLE: 

The present temple built in 8th century a.d. By adi guru shankaracharya lies adjacent to the site of an ancient temple built by pandavas. The temple has a conical lingam – the main idol, a statue of nandi – the celestial bull, a ‘garbagrah’ for worship and a man dap for assemblies of pilgrims and visitors. The temple is more than 1000 years old.
 

This morning, you check out of the hotel and drive to badrinath via joshimath. After driving through some wonderful ghat road you arrive at badrinath (must cross govindghat before 5:30 pm). On arrival check into the hotel. After some rest and refreshments you are all set to go to badrinath temple for darshan in the evening. But first you have to go to tapt kund (hot spring), take bath and then go to the temple. Dedicated to lord vishnu, the temple of shri badrinath ji is 15 meters in height, built in the form of a cone with a small cupola of a gilt bull and spire. Later back to hotel. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

This morning, go for badrinath darshan. After darshan return back to hotel, breakfast at hotel and proceed for badrinath local sightseeing visit mana village and bheem pul. Afternoon driver back to Srinagarvia karanprayag. Srinagaris a small pilgrim town on the holy confluence of river alaknanda and mandakini. On arrival check in at hotel. Rest of the day free to explore the Srinagartown. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel.

Early morning, after breakfast, you drive downhill to Rishikesh a spiritual city and the yoga capital of the world. On reaching Rishikesh you'll do the Rishikesh sightseeing visit ram jhula and laxman jhula. Evening drive to Haridwar .

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