{"id":1695,"date":"2016-04-15T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T04:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2016-04-15T10:00:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T04:30:20","slug":"karanprayag-on-way-to-sri-kedarnath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/karanprayag-on-way-to-sri-kedarnath\/","title":{"rendered":"Karnaprayag on way to Sri Kedarnath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karnaprayag<\/strong> is one of the five holy Prayags\u00a0<\/strong> with Alaknanda<\/strong> in Himalayas which all\u00a0together\u00a0forms the holy river Ganga<\/strong>\u00a0, situated at 172 km from Rishikesh at a height of 1451 meters from sea level , it is a Prayag \u00a0<\/strong>(confluence ) river\u00a0Alakhnanda<\/strong> with river Pindar<\/strong> which originates from Pindari glacier<\/strong> in Kumaon region<\/strong> of Uttrakhand<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0This place is surrounded by the Peaks Nanda Devi<\/strong> ( 7816 meters) , Trishul<\/strong> , Dron Giri<\/strong> , Narad Ghunti<\/strong> , Migathuni<\/strong> and Maikotli<\/strong> ,
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Kran Prayag<\/p><\/div>
\nThe temple here is\u00a0dedicated\u00a0to Uma<\/strong> and Karna<\/strong> , this temple holds high importance and respect among the local people .\u00a0The legend is, the name of this place is after the name of Karna<\/strong> from the epic Mahabharata<\/strong>, friend of Duryodhana<\/strong> , son of Kunti<\/strong> who is also mother of five Pandva brothers<\/strong>, Karna who is son of Sun God The Surya<\/strong> \u00a0performed his prayers for three years after this he was rewarded a impregnable shield<\/strong> to\u00a0protect himself, he became unmatched \u00a0warrior in the battle field, he was cremated here by Lord Krishna after he was killed in the battle fields of Mahabharat at Kurukshetra .
\nIt is also a place where King Dushyant<\/strong> met Shakuntla<\/strong>, had courtship and she gave birth to Bharat<\/strong> on his name our country is named Bharat<\/strong>, \u00a0Abhijanana Shakuntalm<\/strong>\u00a0play written in Sanskrit \u00a0by poet Kalidas <\/strong>in 1st centuary in the period of King<\/strong> Vikramaditya of Ujjain<\/strong> \u00a0is based on this legend
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\nNauti village<\/strong> \u00a0is the maternal place of Nanda Devi<\/strong> , It is said that for the past Five Thousand years every twelve years a Nanda Raj Jat<\/strong> Yatra<\/strong> is performed it is the longest and most strenuous pilgrimages done on foot ,\u00a0the male members of Garhwal royal families and Chand Garhi village visits the Nauti village<\/strong> to worship the SRI YANTRA<\/strong> \u00a0in a tantrik rites<\/strong> and rituals to invite the sprits of Godess Nanda<\/strong> into the Gold Idol<\/strong> from her husband’s abode \u00a0the Himalaya<\/strong> , very strange but true a four horned male sheep<\/strong> is born every time in this period \u00a0is given in the\u00a0custody of royal family to be fed and taken well care of along with the other\u00a0preparations to perform a 22 days long journey and to leave this Sheep in the Himalayas in Nanda Devi area passing through the\u00a0age-old legendary Himalayan trek that has so much of traditional religious significance. The beauty of the trek is a picture perfect fusion of high mountain valleys, lakes, streams, glaciers and luminous dense green forests and it is a veritable paradise for trekkers. The Nanda Raj Jat Yatra is a spectacular festival.
\nKarn Prayag<\/strong> is also a base for Roop Kund<\/strong> and Pindari Glaciers<\/strong> trek.
\nSwami Vivekanand<\/strong> along with \u00a0Guru Turianand ji<\/strong> and Akharanand Ji<\/strong>\u00a0 meditated here for eighteen days in 1890 when he was wandering and meditating at different places from 1888 till 1893 .
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