Saturday, 22 December 2012
Saturday, 4 August 2012
TRIP TO CHANDRABADNI TEMPLE
Chandrabadni Temple Tehri Garhwal Uttarakhand |
Chandrabadani is a mountain (2,277m above sea-level). On the border of tahsil Devaprayag and Pratapnagar
is the well known temple of Chandrabadni Devi, lying at the top of the
mountain about 10 km. north of Kandi Khal ( a place on the
Devaprayag-Kirti Nagar metalled road).
In Indian mythology
The legend says that the torso of Sati fell here and her weapons got scattered all around the place. Thus, even today huge number of iron trishuls (tridents) and some old statues can be seen lying around the revered temple of Chandrabadani.
Chandrabadni Temple Tehri Garhwal |
Sight-seeing
View from Chandrabadni Temple |
The place commands a beautiful view of the Sirkanda, Kedarnath and
Badrinath peaks. The temple here is very small and contains a
Shri-yantra carved out on a flat stone instead of any idol.
Traditionally, a cloth canopy is tied to the ceiling over this
Shri-yantra once a year and the Brahmana priest doing it has to do it
blind-folded .
Chandrabadni Temple |
Access
By road, one can reach Jamnikhal which is about 22 km from Devprayag,
and 109 km. from Narendra Nagar. From Jamnikhal it is a 3 km walk uphill
to Chandrabadani Temple. Nearest railhead is at Rishikesh and nearest
airport is Jolly Grant of Dehradun.
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