{"id":1238,"date":"2022-09-05T05:59:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T05:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triuttarakhand.in\/tri-turismo\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2022-09-05T14:37:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T14:37:16","slug":"badrinath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triuttarakhand.in\/tri-turismo\/badrinath\/","title":{"rendered":"Badrinath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Badrinath\u00a0is a town and\u00a0nagar panchayat\u00a0in\u00a0Chamoli district\u00a0in the state of\u00a0Uttarakhand,\u00a0India. A\u00a0Hindu\u00a0holy place, it is one of the four sites in India's\u00a0Char Dham\u00a0pilgrimage\u00a0and is also part of India's\u00a0Chota Char Dham pilgrimage circuit. It gets its name from the\u00a0Badrinath Temple. Badrinath\u00a0was re-established as a major pilgrimage site by\u00a0Adi Shankara in the 8th century. In earlier days, pilgrims used to walk hundreds of miles to visit the Badrinath temple.<\/p>\n

The Badrinath area is referred to as Badari or Badarikaashram (\u092c\u0926\u0930\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0936\u094d\u0930\u092e) in Hindu scriptures. It is a place sacred to Vishnu, particularly in Vishnu's dual form of Nara-Narayana. Thus, in the\u00a0Mahabharata,\u00a0Krishna, addressing\u00a0Arjuna, says, \"Thou wast Nara in a former body, and, with\u00a0Narayana\u00a0for thy companion, didst perform dreadful austerity at Badari for many myriads of years.<\/p>\n

As of\u00a02011 Indian Census, Badrinath had a total population of 2,438, of which 2,054 were males and 384 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 68. The total number of literates in Badrinath was 2,265, which constituted 92.9% of the population with male literacy of 95.4% and female literacy of 79.7%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Badrinath was 95.6%, of which male literacy rate was 97.1% and female literacy rate was 86.9%. The\u00a0Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes\u00a0population was 113 and 22 respectively. Badrinath had 850 households in 2011.<\/sup><\/p>\n

Badrinath was re-established as a major pilgrimage site by\u00a0Adi Shankara\u00a0in the 8th century.<\/sup>\u00a0In earlier days, pilgrims used to walk hundreds of miles to visit the Badrinath temple.<\/sup><\/p>\n

The temple has been repeatedly destroyed by earthquakes and avalanches. As late as the\u00a0First 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\u00a0duodecennial festivals (every twelve years).<\/sup> In recent years its popularity has increased still more, with an estimated 600,000 pilgrims visiting during the 2006 season, compared\u00a0to 90,676 in 1961.<\/sup>\u00a0The temple in Badrinath is also a sacred pilgrimage site for\u00a0Vaishnavites. Badrinath is also gateway to several mountaineering expeditions headed to mountains like\u00a0Nilkantha.<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>