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Yamunotri Temple is situated in the western region of Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of 3,235 metres (10,614 ft) near the river source. [4] The temple was built in 1839 by Sundarshan Shah who was the king of the cultural center of Tehri. [5] There was a small shrine at the site prior to the construction of the temple.
The Chota Char Dham appeared very likely in the second half of the 20th century, as a touristic (religious tourism) label coinned for a new pilgrimage circuit in the Garhwal Himalayas region, representative of all three major Hindu sectarian traditions, with two Shakti (goddess) sites, (Yamunotri and Gangotri), one Shaiva site (Kedarnath), and ...
Yamunotri Temple is a Hindu temple, situated in the western region of Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of 3,291 metres (10,797 ft) in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, India. [1] It's just 129 km from Uttarkashi, the main district headquarters. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Yamuna, and has a black marble idol of the goddess. [2]
The Char Dham (Hindi: चारधाम, romanized: Cārdhām transl. the four abodes), or the Chatur Dhama (Sanskrit: चतुर्धाम, romanized: Caturdhāma), [1] is a set of four Hindu pilgrimage sites in India, [2] consisting of Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram.
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St. Anthony or Saint Anthny [2] is a city in and the county seat of Fremont County, Idaho, United States. [5] The population was 3,542 at the 2010 census, up from 3,342 in 2000. [6] It is part of the Rexburg, Idaho Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The historic district is named for Map Rock, [2] a massive basalt rock covered in petroglyphs, named by Robert Limbert in the early 1920s. Limbert believed that the rock depicts a map of the Snake River valley, and some authors have suggested that if it is a map then it may be the oldest map in the world.
In earlier days, pilgrims used to walk hundreds of miles to visit the Badrinath temple. [7] The temple has been repeatedly destroyed by earthquakes and avalanches.As late as the First World War, the town consisted only of the 20-odd huts used by the temple's staff, but the site drew thousands each year and up to 50,000 on its duodecennial festivals (every twelve years). [8]