Kedarnath Tour Package

Kedarnath Yatra is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva, which is situated in the Garhwal Himalayan range of Uttarakhand, or from where the Mandakini river flows. This temple is situated at an altitude of about 3581 meters above sea level.

It is believed that Adi Sankrachair revived this temple, that Adi Sankrachair attained his samadhi here, and that his samadhi is behind the temple. The Statue of the Pandava brothers, Draupadi, lord Krishna, and Virabhadra are other attractions of the temple.

Every year, lakhs of people come to here to have the darshan of Lord Bhole Nath and find peace of mind, and this journey is one of the most famous journeys. To reach here, you have to travel 18 km from Gaurikund, and during this time, many people take the help of a horse, pony, palanquin, or some people use a helicopter.

Departure	Haridwar
Departure Time	Approximately 8.00AM
Age Restriction	Must be 10+
Service Included	Hotel accommodation as per package same or similar hotels. Meals as per package (Breakfast, Dinner). Transfers and sightseeing as per above. All toll tax, parking, fuel and driver allowances.
Service Not Included	Horse / Paalki / Helicopter for Trekking. Meals are not included. Drink and Insurence All personal expenses, optional tours and extra meals. Any kind of entry fees anywhere if not mentioned in including. Tips, travel insurance, medical insurance, laundry charges, liquors, mineral water, telephone charges. Porter, pony, horse, cable car, boat, train tickets, air tickets charges

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Devotees can visit temple anytime from April to October escaping the monsoon months. Temple remains open from April/May to October depending upon the Hindu calendar. Monsoon leads to landslide, road blocks and creates hazards to the trip.

Tourists need to either trek through a paved path from Gaurikund to the temple, or they can also sit on horse back and reach the temple. Visitors reach Gaurikund from Dehradun, Haridwar, and Rishikesh, passing through Muni ki Reti-Devprayag-Srinagar-Rudraprayag-Agastmuni-Ukhimath or passing through Narendranagar-Chamba-New Tehri-Ghansali-Agastmuni-Ukhimath.

By air: Jolly Grant Airport is the nearest airport (229) from Gaurikund via Rishikesh, Devprayag, and Rudraprayag.

By rail: Dehradun railway station is 253 km, Rishikesh railway station is 212 km, and Haridwar railway station is 236 km from Gaurikund.

By road: Gaurikund is well connected by motorable roads to the rest of Uttarakhand state. Dehradun ISBT is 256 km, Rishikesh is 215 km, Haridwar is 235 km, Uttarkashi is 226 km, Tehri is 181 km, Devprayag is 141 km, Srinagar is 109 km, and Rudraprayag is 74 km from Gaurikund.

The story of the formation of Kedarnath is related to the formation of Panch Kedar going back to Dwapar Yuga where Pandavas and Kauravs, the sons of kin brothers Pandu and Dhritarastra of Bharat Bansa (clan) fought a holy war as described in the Hindu holy epic Mahabharata. Mahabharata turned out to be a kind of world war killing millions of people of different states who participated in the war. After the holy war Mahabharata in Kurukshetra, Pandavas- the winners, felt guilty about killing their kinsmen, Brahmins, and others in the war.

As per the suggestion of Lord Krishna, Pandavas went to lord Shiva to bless them with salvation. Lord Shiva didn’t want to meet Pandavas because he was unhappy about their conduct during the war, so he changed himself to a bull- Nandi. But Pandavas recognized the grazing bull at Guptakashi as lord Shiva and so tried to catch hold of him. Lord Shiva dived into the earth reappearing at 5 places with five different body parts. When Pandavas realized the reappearance of lord Shiva at five different places, they built temples in each of those places and thus were blessed with salvation from lord Shiva. The place lord Shiva had dived was Kedarnath, his hump remained there and different body parts appeared at different places- hair (jata) at Kalpeshwar, navel (nabhi), and stomach at Madhyamaheshwar, face at Rudranath and arms (bahu) at Tungnath.

Kedarnath temple is travelled by thousands of religious tourists every year especially during the Char Dham yatra season starting from May till October. While paying visit to Kedarnath, the pilgrimage tourists prefer to pay visit all the five pilgrimages of Panch Kedar and start from Tungnath, reach Rudranath then go to Madhyamaheshwar. Kalpeshwar is the forth and Kedarnath is the last pilgrimage of Panch Kedar.

In the return journey Kedarnath is the first pilgrimage of Panch Kedar. Kedarnath remains closed during winter due to heavy snow fall, the shrine of Kedarnath is brought to Ukhimath and worshipped there during winter season. Rawals from Karnataka are the head priests of Kedarnath temple and pooja is carried by the Rawal’s assistant in his instruction.

Kedarnath experienced dreadful flood in 2013 June 16 which claimed hundreds of lives and physical entities. The Kedarnath temple was saved and Hindu devotees believe that it is the power of lord Shiva.

Vasuki Tal: Ukhimath: During winter, the worship of lord Kedarnath and Madhyamaheshwar is performed in Ukhimath of Rudraprayag district as Kedarnath temple remains closed due to heavy snowfall. At 1,317 meters above sea level, Ukhimath provides spectacular view of snow capped Himalayan peaks and also houses ancient temples dedicated to Usha (daughter of Banasur from whom Ukhimath derives its name), lord Shiva, goddess Parvati, Aniruddha and Mandata.

Tour Itinerary

Trip Map

Tourists need to either trek through a paved path from Gaurikund to temple or you can also sit on the horse back and reach temple.