Char Dham Yatra From Nagpur Overview

The Char Dham Yatra is a spiritual journey, on which lakhs of devotees come every year. The sacred Yatra to Char Dham is all about believing in Hinduism and following it sincerely. Hindus have deep faith that whoever completes this Yatra successfully, becomes more spiritually awakened and gets rid of the sins done in this lifetime.

Following this Char Dham Yatra tradition, the people wanna come to this Char Dham Sites from all over India. Addressing this, we Travel Acharya have a variety of customised Char Dham Yatra from Nagpur packages. These Char Dham from Nagpur Tour Packages are designed specially for individuals coming from Nagpur or nearby towns of Maharashtra.

Even if you live in other cities nearby Nagpur, then we can customise your Char Dham Yatra package to make it accessible for you. In short, if you are looking for an ideal customised Char Dham Yatra package from Nagpur then here are the multiple options for you. Let’s proceed further and look at the cultural and Historical Significance of Char Dham Temples.

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Cultural and Historical Significance of Char Dham

Here, we shall read the glimpse of Historical and Cultural facts of Char Dham temples. There are multiple stories about these renowned Hindu Teerths, so let us discover the most accurate ones. In addition, we shall know the importance of these Hindu Teerth from Hindu Sanatan Dharm Perspective.

Cultural and Historical Significance  of Kedarnath dham 

Kedarnath dham, is one of the Hindu pilgrimages of chardham yatra, as well as the first religious site of Panch Kedar. Here, Panch Kedar is believed to be five different places where body parts of a bull from Lord Shiva have rested. It’s said that later Pandavas (the heroic characters of epic story Mahabharat) constructed temples on these places.

In kedarnath temple Lord shiva is worshipped in the form of linga hence it is called jyotirlinga, and the kedarnath jyotirlinga is one of the 12 jyotirlingas of holiest shrines of Shiva. Lord Shiva is the beacon of faith for all Hindu Devotees and so they come to Kedarnath Dham to seek blessings of their supreme God. People who come here usually wanna seek the ambience of spirituality and forgiveness of their mistakes.

There are some folktales among people which dictate that kedarnath dham is constructed by Pandavas in context to seek forgiveness from Lord shiva for killing their cousins in kurukshetra war. However, the exact reason for the construction of this temple is still a mystery.
In 2013 floods kedarnath town was devastated but the Temple didn’t have any hard effect. And devotees understand it as a strong miracle.

Cultural and Historical Significance of Badrinath dham

Badrinath dham (Badrinarayan temple) holds a significant role in chardham yatra and it is one of the panch Badri temples.
It is on the bank of alaknanda river built between Nar and Narayan mountains. People often take a dip in Alaknanda believed to purify the soul. It is said that lord vishnu is sitting in meditation here.
People come here to worship Lord Vishnu. They also bathe in Tapt kund in Badrinath where the water is hot. Badrinath is believed to be 8th vaikunth, and it is the sacred shrine for vaishnavites among the 108 divya desams incarnation of Lord Vishnu. And there is a monolithic lamp in the temple which is always in a stable position.

Cultural and Historical Significance of Gangotri

Gangotri is one of the well known chardham sites in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. The river Ganga is worshipped in Gangotri. From Himalayan mountains the terminus of Gangotri glacier to Bhagirathi and then Bhagirathi meet up with Alaknanda river to form Ganga in Gangotri. The Gangotri temple was made in the 18th century by Gorkha general Amar singh Thapa. In Gangotri temple Lord shiva is being offered by Gangotri water brought by priests of temples.
It is said that King Bhagirath did penance for several years to Bring Ganga to come down on earth from Heaven. And the flow of the river was so fast that Lord Shiva released the Mighty river on earth from his hair Locks to slow the flow.

Cultural and Historical Significance of Yamunotri

Yamunotri has been sacred for Hindus for many years and it is also a part of char dham. Yamunotri is the Home of goddess Yamuna. In Rigveda Yamuna is included in the seven sacred Rivers. There is the Temple of Yamunotri on the left bank of the Yamuna river where goddess Yamuna is being worshipped. People go there and offer prayers to the yamuna. Yamunotri temple was made by Maharaja Pratap Shah of Tehri Garhwal. It is believed that a dip in Yamuna river protects from untimely Death. There are many mythological stories behind the yamuna river related to Lord Krishna, some are related to yama( the god of death) twin sister yami.