2012年6月27日星期三

Badrinath The Abode of Lord Vishnu

Badrinath The Abode of Lord Vishnu,Mbt Schuhe Sifa

Badrinath is one of the holiest of shrines in India. Badrinath is located at an altitude of 3415 metres above sea level in the Himalayas. A trip to Badrinath, in Uttarakhand,Mbt Schuhe Pata, is a must for all the devout Hindus and it can be a very adventurous trip in the mountains.Badrinath is the one of the four har Dhams?to be visited. The order in which the Char Dham yatra is conducted is by a visit to Yamunotri, followed by one to Gangotri and then the trek to Kedarnath and finally rounding it off by the long drive up to Badrinath.

Badrinath is the abode of Badri or Lord Vishnu and was pushed to prominence by the Kerala Sage Adi Shankaracharya in the ninth century AD. The head priest is of Badrinath belongs to the North Kerala Brahmin community and is known as Rawalji.The holy abode of Badrinath is located on the banks of the Alakananda River. This small town is overpowered by the presence of two mighty peaks,Mbt Moto Stiefel, the Nar and Narayan peaks, which are supposed to be Lord Vishnu Dwarapalakas or bodyguards.


The journey to Badrinath starts from Rishikesh, 300 kilometres away. The journey passes through some beautiful villages,MBT Imara Schuhe, mountains and valleys. One has to cross many confluences or prayags like Rudraprayag,Mbt Sandalen Katika, Devaprayag and Karnaprayag, among others. The River Ganges follows you till you reach Badrinath.The Taptkund hot springs just next to the Badrinath temple is very popular with pilgrims who take a holy dip here. The temple itself is an imposing structure with many colourful and intricate designs. Brahmakund is the place where Lord Vishnu cut off one of the heads of Lord Brahma for not telling the truth.

Being a holy town and always bustling with pilgrims, Badrinath is teeming with hotels,mbt schuhe günstig, lodges and dharamshalas.About 4 km from Badrinath is the village of Mana, the last Indian village on that side. Mana Village also holds a lot of prominence for its mythological connections with Mahabharatha. It is said that Sage Vyasa dictated the Mahabharata to Lord Ganesha who wrote it down in a small cave which is now called Vyasa Gufa. The outer walls of the cave resemble the pages of a book. River Saraswati, originating here,scarpe hogan, flows under the rocky bed and then disappears, only to resurface at the Triveni Sangam in Allahabad. The story is that Lord Ganesha was losing his concentration while taking notes, because of the noise from the flowing Saraswati, and Vyasa cursed the river to disappear and reappear in the plains.A visit to Badrinath is not just for the religious but is also for those who want to feel the power and beauty of the Himalayas.

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