{"id":1608,"date":"2016-02-04T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T04:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2016-02-04T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T04:30:23","slug":"guptkashi-on-way-to-sri-kedarnath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/guptkashi-on-way-to-sri-kedarnath\/","title":{"rendered":"Guptkashi on way to Sri Kedarnath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guptkashi<\/strong> is a village situated at the height of 1319 meters above sea level\u00a0famous for its Vishwanath temple<\/strong>. The Guptkashi means the Hidden Kashi<\/strong> , it is on the way to Sri Kedarnath,\u00a0legend is after the Mahabharat war was over the Pandava brothers wanted to wash their sin of killing their own relatives in the war , they were\u00a0searching\u00a0the Lord Shiva , Lord Shiva hide himself at this place<\/strong> . It is also said that Lord Shiva proposed to \u00a0Parvati here at the confluence of river Son Ganga and Mandakini<\/strong> at Triyuginarayan ( 48 kms)<\/strong> . It is also said that during the Mughal King Aurangzeb period when he ordered to construct the mosque at Vishwanath temple at Varanasi ( Kashi) or Kashi Vishwanath, the original Shiva Lingam was removed from there and brought here to be in safe hiding .
\nAccording to the old texts the Purans of Hindus the Kashi and Kanchi are the two eyes of Lord Shiva<\/strong> and there are six more Kashi \u00a0sacred and of equal importance as main Kashi the Varanasi or Kashi Vishvanath , those who can’t travel to main Kashi can reach the nearest one , these are Uttarkashi and Guptkashi in Uttrakhand<\/strong> , The Dakshin Kashi in South India<\/strong>, the Bhubneshwar in East of India<\/strong> , Nashik in Western India<\/strong> ( also called Paithan) and Mandi in Himachal Pradesh.<\/strong>
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Vishvanath Temple Guptkashi<\/p><\/div>
\nVishwanath Temple<\/strong>
\nIt is built of stone with high tower and a\u00a0wooden\u00a0frame with sloping roof , at the entrance there are two\u00a0guards\u00a0and walls are painted with flowers , main entrance is also\u00a0guarded\u00a0by the Bhairov<\/strong>, on the one side is a temple of Ardhnarishvar the half man and half woman form of lord Shiva<\/strong> , outside this temple is the Nandi bull statue made of metal.<\/strong>
\nUkhimath<\/strong>
\nIt is the temple across the river Mandakini at Guptkashi , it is the winter seat of the Sri Kedarnath \u00a0<\/strong>, there is a small water pond the Manikarnik Kund<\/strong>\u00a0two water sources\u00a0the water is\u00a0coming\u00a0out of a mouth of cow<\/strong>\u00a0 is called Ganga <\/strong>\u00a0the water is\u00a0coming\u00a0out of a elephant trunk <\/strong>\u00a0is called Yamuna<\/strong>\u00a0, <\/strong>the water falls on the Lingam. There is a Stupa which according to the local legends is a grave of Nala <\/strong>one of the characters in Ramayana , <\/strong>The legend also says that the Anirudha the grandson of Lord Krishna \u00a0and Usha the daughter of demon King Banasur <\/strong>had affair at Ramgarh ( Ronitpur)<\/strong> this affair led to the war between Banasur<\/strong> and lord Krishna<\/strong> \u00a0which resulted in as \u00a0end of the Banasur\u00a0dynasty<\/strong>.
\nGuptkashi<\/strong> is becoming more important for a<\/span> night stay on trip to Sri Kedarnath as there are good hotels, guest houses and camps , it is also because of<\/span> the Phata , Sita Puri and Sirsi helipad , \u00a0<\/strong>people prefer to stay here.<\/span><\/span>
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