Temples

Hours after a stone idol was lifted off its rock in the Alaknanda River on 16 June 2013, floods devastated

For six months of the year, Lord Kedarnath doesn’t live in Kedarnath. That’s not a riddle. When snow seals off

Picture eighteen stone shrines huddled together on a riverbank, their carved spires catching the early Himalayan light. No ticket counter

Every March, a narrow hill path above Tanakpur fills with thousands of bare feet, chanting the same four words: “Jai

Twice a year, on mornings in late February and late October, the first light of the sun climbs over the

Three kilometres. That’s the entire trek length between Kanakchauri village and the bell-covered ridge where Kartik Swami Temple sits. Sounds

Stand on the ridge at Kartik Swami around 6 AM in October, and you’ll understand why trekkers keep coming back