Kedarnath temple

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Kedarnath Temple

Badrinathji temple


Gangotri temple.

Yamunotri temple and ashram


Kedarnath Mandir is one of the holiest Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Shiv and is located at the top of the Garhwal Himalayan range near the Mandakini river in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand in India. Due to extreme weather conditions, the temple is open only between the end of April to start of November. Here Lord Shiv is worshipped as Kedarnath, the 'Lord of Kedar Khand', the historical name of the region. Chota Chaar Dhaam • Badrinath • Kedarnath • Gangotri • Yamunotri Sapt Badri • Badrinath • Adi Badri • Vridh Badri • Dhyan Badri • Ardh Badri • Bhavishya Badri • Yogdhyan Badri Panch Kedar • Kedarnath • Tungnath • Rudranath • Madhyamaheshwar • Kalpeshwar Panch Prayag • Devprayag • Karnaprayag • Nandaprayag • Rudrapyrayag • Vishnuprayag And also... • Hemkund Sahib • Kaliyar Sharif


Mount Kailash in Tibet, believed to be the abode of Lord Shiva


Gosaikunda Lake is believed to have formed by the Trishul of Lord Shiva after he drank the poison Halahala from Samudra manthan and desperately wanted cold water to quench the overwhelming heat of the poison

Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal


Lake Manasarovar (Mapam Yumco) ( Tibetan:

The Lake and Tibetan Himalayas


Satellite view of lakes Manasarovar (right) and Rakshastal with Mount Kailash in the background


View from Chiu Gompa Lake Manasarovar

Map of the region

Mount Kailash


The north face of Mount Kailash Elevation 6,638 m (21,778 ft) Prominence 1,319 m (4,327 ft) Location

Mount Kailash

Range

Tibet, China Transhimalaya

31°4′0″N 81°18′45″ECoordinates: 31°4′0″N 81°18′45″E Climbing First ascent No ascent attempts Coordinates


Stupas, with the north face of Mount Kailash (background)


Mandakini flows to Rudraprayag to join Alaknanda

Mandakini near the town of Guptakashi


Kamakhaya Temple, Guwahati


A complete view of the templeA complete view of the temple

The north face of Mount Everest as seen from the path to the base camp in Tibet, China.

The general location of the Himalayas mountain range.


Indus River

Pass in Ladakh with the typical Buddhist prayer flags and chorten


Aerial view of Mount Everest from the south. The peak rises over Lhotse (#4), while Nuptse is the ridge on the left.

Kangchenjunga early in the morning,


viewed from Tiger Hill, Darjeeling Elevation

8,586 m (28,169 ft)[1]

1. The summit of Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth.

2. K2 is the highest summit of the Karakoram.

3. Kangchenjunga is the second highest summit of the Himalaya.

4. Lhotse is the third highest summit of the Himalaya.


5. Makalu in the Himalaya.

6. Cho Oyu in the Himalaya.

7. Dhaulagiri in the Himalaya.

8. Manaslu in the Himalaya.

9. Nanga Parbat in the Himalaya.


10. Annapurna I in the Himalaya.

11. Gasherbrum I is the second highest summit of the Karakoram.

12. Broad Peak is the third highest summit of the Karakoram.

13. Gasherbrum II in the Karakoram.

14. Shishapangma in the Himalaya.


Main gate of Banke Bihari temple, Vrindavan


Madan Mohan temple

Sevakunja in Vrindavan.


ISKCON Krishna Balaram Temple at Vrindavan

Kusuma Sarovar bathing ghat, in the Goverdhan area



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