Kedarnath (Holy Place), India

         Kedarnath is one of the twelve Jyotir-Lingas of Bhagwan Shankar  is located at intervals the snow-covered house of the chain of mountains. This JyotirLinga can be visited only throughout six months throughout a year. From the month of Vaisakha(Baisakh) to Ashwin  is the time once pilgrims can build the journey to this. The rest of the year it's too cold and also the chain unit coated in snow. Therefore, the Kedarnath temple remains closed for pilgrims.

During the month of December, due to snowfall in Kedarnath,The statue of Sri Kedareshwar  is brought out of the temple after lighting a drawn butter lamp. Then the temple is closed for the winter. From the month of Karthik to Chaitra Sri Kedareshwar’s statue is shifted to the Urvi Math, which is in the geological formation. In the month of Vaishakh, when the temple doors sq. live opened the lamp “Nanda Deepa” still keeps burning. People come back to see this very good lamp and conjointly the Shiva devotees have faith in themselves blessed.

Haridwar is considered to be the entree to heaven, the magical city of Mayapur. Ahead of Haridwar, there are holy places like Rishikesh, Devprayag, Sonprayag and Triyugi Narayan, Gaurikund. To Kedarnath one has to suffer these places. Some part of the journey is motorable and conjointly the remainder ought to be walked upon. This part of the strategy through chain is very robust. But devotees go through all this with dedication and deviation. They overcome all the difficulties with perseverance. 

To climb the steep path, some use mules, some use Dolis (swing like carriages) and some others use walking sticks. There are arrangements for exploit these here. There are chowltries and resting places in between for the tired yatris. At Gaurikund, the pilgrims get to have a shower within the recent springs there. After this, they take a Worship of the head-less Ganesha. It is here in Gaurikund, that Lord Shiva cut off Ganesha’s head with the trident Associate in Nursingd later replaced with the top of an elephant.

A little farther from Gaurikund, near the covered mountains, on the banks of River Mandakini, the Kedarnath temple of the glorious JyotirLinga of Lord Shankar becomes visible. This is where Lord Shankar had created His home. The shivalinga here is self-manifest and not installed by anyone. It is said that this could be the hind a district of Mahisha (The-buffalo).