{"id":1606,"date":"2016-04-06T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T05:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2016-04-06T10:30:02","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T05:00:02","slug":"uttarkashi-on-way-to-gangotri-uttrakhand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/uttarkashi-on-way-to-gangotri-uttrakhand\/","title":{"rendered":"Uttarkashi on way to Gangotri, Uttrakhand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uttarkashi<\/strong>\u00a0on way to Gangotri is a\u00a0district’s\u00a0head\u00a0quarters\u00a0situated on the banks of river Bhagirathi<\/strong> at a height of 1352 meters above the sea level, it is on a main route to Gangotri which is about 100 kms. \u00a0from here, Uttarkashi means the Kashi of North<\/strong>, it has got the religious significance as it lies on the confluence of rivers Varuna and Asi<\/strong> next to the Varun Parvat<\/strong> , Ghat near the confluence\u00a0is called Manikarnika Ghat .<\/strong>
\nKashi Vishwanath Temple\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0is an ancient temple situated in the center of town said to be established by Rishi (sage) Parshuram<\/strong> , it is said that the idol here has emerged on its own at this place and in Kalyug lord Shiva<\/strong> will move here , \u00a0just above the shivling<\/em>\u00a0is drawn a Shri Yantra. The temple structure was built out of stone by King Pradyuman Shah<\/strong> over 350 years ago and reconstructed in the year 1857 by the Maharani Khaneti<\/strong> , wife of Raja Surdarshan Shah<\/strong> .
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Kashi Vishwanath Temple at Uttarkashi<\/p><\/div>
\nMa Shakti Temple<\/strong> is just opposite to the\u00a0Kashi Vishwanath Temple\u00a0 where a huge 6 meters tall\u00a0 and 90 cm\u00a0 base Trishul\u00a0<\/strong>(trident)<\/strong> \u00a0which said to be \u00a0thrown by Ma Durga at Demons<\/strong>. It is made of Iron on top and Asht Dhatu at bottom<\/strong> , it is worshiped as form of Shakti.
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Ma Shakti Temple at Uttarkashi<\/p><\/div>
\nParshuram Temple<\/strong>
\nIt is dedicated to the sage Parshuram also known as Lord of\u00a0<\/strong>weapons<\/b>\u00a0, one of the incarnation of Lord Vishnu\u00a0<\/strong>and also with the blessings of being immortal , he was sent to this place to repent the guilt of killing his mother Renuka<\/strong> , it is also his\u00a0place of\u00a0meditation , \u00a0this temple dates back to 8th century .
\nNehru\u00a0Mountaineering\u00a0Institute <\/strong>was established in the year 1965 to introduce the young Indians to the adventure and Mountaineering. It conducts regular courses and expeditions in the Himalayas.
\nDodi Tal<\/strong> a fresh water lake is about 21 km trek from Uttarkashi. Nachiketa Tal<\/strong>\u00a0is 32 km from Uttarkashi and then \u00a0a 3 km trek from Chaurangi<\/strong> .
\nAt Ujeli many ashrams are located . Kuteti Devi Temple<\/strong> is located across the river Bhagirathi , Joshiara village<\/strong> \u00a0is famous for its Lord Shiva temples.
\nUttarkashi is an important place on Chardham route as it on the way to Gangotri , most of the pilgrims stay a night here either before or after visiting Gangotri.
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Uttarkashi\u00a0on way to Gangotri is a\u00a0district’s\u00a0head\u00a0quarters\u00a0situated on the banks of river Bhagirathi at a height of 1352 meters above the sea level, it is on a main route to Gangotri which is about 100 kms. \u00a0from here, Uttarkashi means the Kashi of North, it has got the religious significance as it lies on the confluence … →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5,7,10,11,12,18,19,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29],"tags":[176,282,507,693,812,1044,1106,1208,1314,1315,1395,1464,1633,1652,1724,1774,1936,2000,2126,2232,2307,2338,2355,2518,2577,2934,2967,2992,3020],"class_list":["post-1606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-architecture","category-char-dham","category-gangotri","category-helicopter-charters","category-himalayas","category-history","category-people","category-pilgrimage","category-religious-belief","category-road-trip","category-sri-badrinath","category-sri-kedarnath","category-trekking","category-uttarakhand","category-wildlife","category-yamunotri","category-yatra-chardham-itineraries","tag-asht-dhatu","tag-bhagirathi","tag-chaurangi","tag-doi-tal","tag-gangotri","tag-himalayas","tag-india","tag-joshiara","tag-kashi-of-north","tag-kashi-vishwanath-temple","tag-king-pradyuman-shah","tag-kuteti-devi-temple","tag-lord-vishnu","tag-ma-durga","tag-maharani-khaneti","tag-manikarnika-ghat","tag-nachiketa-tal","tag-nehru-mountaniearing-institute","tag-parshuram-temple","tag-raja-surdarshan-shah","tag-renuka","tag-river-asi","tag-river-varuna","tag-shakti-temple","tag-shri-yantra","tag-trishul","tag-ujeli","tag-uttarkashi","tag-varun-parvat"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}