Chardham Yatra A Salvation Journey

In our mythology, Chardham (Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri, Gangotri) is a spiritual place, located in the north zone Of India in Uttarakhand. The four pilgrimage circuits blessed the devotees. It believes that Adi Shankaracharya established this holy shrine in Uttarakhand, Haridwar is the Gateway for the holy Chardham Yatra and Badrinath is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, Kedarnath is dedicated to Lord Shiva, Yamunotri is dedicated to Goddess Yamuna, Gangotri is dedicated to Goddess Gangotri. All spiritual places are surrounded by beautiful nature. Every year devotees travel from whole over the world only to take a glimpse of the Sacred destinations: Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri, and Gangotri.

Why People Do Chardham

As mentioned in the Veda and Puranas the Yatra of the most sacred places of Chardham wash away all the sins of mankind and make pious to them. According to Hindu Veda, the man having no sin got Heaven after death and gets salvation (getting rid of the cycle of life-Death and getting a place near God forever). It is the internal desire of every people to get rid of the attraction of Moh-Maya(Earthy live) & merged with God. But practically it is impossible to remain sinless. For going to heaven it is necessary to live sinless and blessed fully. Darshan and yatra of Chardham of Uttarakhand were first done by Pandvas's brother while going to Heaven after Darshan of these holy places they left their all sins and went to Heaven.

Thus the tradition of Visit Chardham Started. As above discussed practically impossible to be sinless. Then our Vedic Rishi Sages told us the alternative and shortcuts method to become sinless and make our path easier to heaven. Some easy paths to wash away our sins are- Take holy Darshan of the most sacred Dham(Badrinath, Kedarnath, Dwarka, Puri, Rameshwaram, Gangotri &  Yamunotri), Taking a bath in the most sacred confluence of Holy divine rivers( like – Five prayag of river Ganges in Uttarakhand) Taking Bath in holy rivers During Mahakumbha which comes every 12 years where Mahakumbh festival held (Haridwar, Nasik, Allahabad, Ujjain). In Purana, the water of the River assumed as very sacred as her water gives life to people and plants, and animals. So bathing at the sacred confluence of two or more holy river washes away your all sins and make your soul, mind, and body more sacred.

Advantages to visit Chardham of Uttarakhand

• To wash away all sins and make yourself more pious as get to God.
• To opportunity to visit the most sacred origins of the divine river Ganga & Yamuna.
• To opportunity get a holy bath in the purest water of the Ganges and Yamuna.
• To visit and see the lifestyle & cultures of hilly life of People who lives at mountains.
• To opportunity to see & explore the Natural beauty of the snow-capped mountain, rare species of plants animals, flowers, and herbals plants occur at heights of above 12000ft. from sea levels (like Rundu a Himalayan mouse having no tail and is bigger than a normal mouse, Musk dear- Kasturi Mrig having Kasturi in its body, Bhoj patra- ancient time sages used it as writing paper many Veda are written on Bhoj patra, Brahm kamal- A divine flower grow above 14000ft from sea level loved by  God & Goddesses having medicinal properties)

How to Get There

By Air: The nearest airport is Jollygrand Doiwala Just 17 km from Rishikesh and 23 km from the capital city of Dehradun and 255 km from Delhi.

By Road: Due to the double lane of the Road in Chardham the journey to Chardham by road is very convenient. This yatra runs over the National Highway 58 leading to Badrinath. Delhi from Rishikesh is 235 km, Ponta sahib from Dehradun is 51 km)

By Rail: Dehradun, Rishikesh, and Haridwar are the major and Nearest Railhead for the Chardham Yatra connected with major cities of India by broad gauge having direct links with Dehli, Mumbai, Kolkatta, Hyderabad, Jammu, Jaipur, Ahmadabad etc.

Badrinath and Gangotri - are linked by road from Haridwar, Rishikesh, Kotdwar, and Dehradun. Yamunotri - the trek starts from Janki Chatti, 225 kilometers from Rishikesh. Kedarnath - 207 kilometers from Rishikesh.