{"id":2010,"date":"2017-05-05T10:30:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2017-05-05T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T05:00:47","slug":"travel-preparations-yatra-chardham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/travel-preparations-yatra-chardham\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel preparations Yatra Chardham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yatra Chardham<\/strong> is a one of the wish of a Sanatan Hindu<\/strong> to undertake at least once in life time, one is to prepare well in\u00a0advance\u00a0to<\/strong> undertake this journey<\/strong> which is in high\u00a0Himalayas covered with snow and thin air, less in oxygen.\u00a0\u00a0Travelling<\/strong>\u00a0at this height certain precautions and\u00a0preparations\u00a0are required\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0to make the body capable to face the harsh weather, biting cold, thin air less in oxygen and \u00a0able to climb the steep trek .
\nJourney starts from Hardwar \/ Rishikesh after Bio-metric Registration and getting the Photo I-Card issued from the Uttrakhand Govt. which is to be carried in person throughout the journey .
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\"Yamunotri<\/a>

Yamunotri Temple<\/p><\/div>
\nThe trek to \u00a0Yamunotri Dahm is the small but tough trek of 6 km from Janki Chatti .
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Shri Badri Vishal Dham , Sri Badrinath Dham<\/p><\/div>
\nAll four Dhams are situated at a height , Yamunotri 3235 meters , Gangotri 3042 meters, Sri Kedarnath 3581 meters and Sri Badrinath 3133 meters<\/strong> . all these places are covered under the snow in the winters ,temperature\u00a0in the months of May – June is around 15 degree\u00a0Celsius\u00a0during\u00a0the day and at night drops down to 2-3 degree\u00a0Celsius<\/strong>, rain and strong \u00a0winds are\u00a0\u00a0very cold, there are few shelters which \u00a0become over crowded or unable to\u00a0accommodate the pilgrims . Treks are well maintained but when it rains the mud from the slops make it slippery .
\nPeople planing to have their pilgrimage for Yatra Chardham this year<\/strong> must prepare them self to under take a 12 days journey on bumpy mountain roads , drastic change in\u00a0temperature\u00a0and height , \u00a0acclimatization\u00a0to this weather and atmosphere is required before leaving for this journey .<\/strong>
\nStart daily walk with comfortable rubber sole shoes<\/strong> , physical exercises\u00a0\u00a0for legs calf and thigh\u00a0muscles<\/strong> and Breathing yoga exercises such as Pranayam<\/strong> to be done\u00a020-30 days before leaving for the \u00a0journey. Sandles, Chapples are strictly no for walking, \u00a0ladies must trim their toe nails .<\/strong>
\nMust wear Warm\u00a0woolen\u00a0clothes ,\u00a0woolen\u00a0socks , woolen cap, goggles , water proof \u00a0jacket and trouser, keep yourself as light as possible while walking up in the Himalayas .
\nHot water bottle is required at Sri Kedarnath<\/strong> to keep the body warm where fire or heaters are not allowed in the rooms.
\nIn the months of May and June there is a heavy rush due to school holidays,\u00a0unpredictable\u00a0rains, \u00a0loose rocks falling on roads \u00a0at many places results in road blocks for hours, pilgrims are advised to carry some\u00a0biscuits, dry fruits etc. those carrying \u00a0battery \u00a0operated instruments i.e. camera, mobile phone etc. must carry additional batteries, have a BSNL \/ Idea SIM card in your phone<\/span><\/strong> as it works at all these places.
\nWhen walking try to make slow walk taking short breaks and keep drinking liquids and have deep breaths .
\nOne is to take care of Mules and Palki carried by porters at Yamunotri and Sri Kedarnath .
\nTry to save yourself from getting wet in rain water .
\nCarry your personal medicines in a small bag, if\u00a0advised by your doctor you may purchase small Oxygen cylinder at Hardwar or Rishikesh.
\nMust carry your photo ID proof \u00a0from the year 2014 the Yatra Registration is made compulsory .<\/strong><\/span>
\nSelect your\u00a0accommodations in good hotels with attached private facilities with availability of hot water for bath, in the month of May and June \u00a0try to get AC buses\u00a0up to\u00a0Haridwar \/ Rishikesh , up in the hills AC \u00a0is not operated\u00a0\u00a0in the\u00a0buses. The Puja and Priority Darshan charges are displayed at all places and\u00a0Administration issues official \u00a0receipt for the money paid.
\nIf one take above mentioned precautions, will enjoy more and not only have darshan of \u00a0Lords but also the beautiful landscapes of Himalayas \u00a0will keep you\u00a0refreshed through out your journey.
\nFor more information and packages contact +91-9810506646 <\/span><\/strong>
\nDelhi\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0land line Contact number<\/span> \u00a0011-45725562 , 45725563 and 45725564<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nCallers from Outside India contact +44 7700093414<\/span><\/strong>
\nWebsite :\u00a0http\/\/:yatrachardham.com , http\/\/:promarktravels.com<\/span><\/strong>
\nEmail : promark@promarktravels.com<\/span><\/strong>
\nBlog :\u00a0http\/\/:explorationswithanilrajput.com\/blog\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
\nChannel :\u00a0YouTube : explorationswithanilrajput\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
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Yatra Chardham is a one of the wish of a Sanatan Hindu to undertake at least once in life time, one is to prepare well in\u00a0advance\u00a0to undertake this journey which is in high\u00a0Himalayas covered with snow and thin air, less in oxygen.\u00a0\u00a0Travelling\u00a0at this height certain precautions and\u00a0preparations\u00a0are required\u00a0\u00a0to make the body capable to face the … →<\/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":[5,6,7,10,11,18,19,22,23,24,1,26,28],"tags":[48,812,1044,1093,2332,2438,2678,2679,2689,3102,3110],"class_list":["post-2010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-char-dham","category-delhi","category-gangotri","category-helicopter-charters","category-himalayas","category-people","category-pilgrimage","category-road-trip","category-sri-badrinath","category-sri-kedarnath","category-uncategorized","category-uttarakhand","category-yamunotri","tag-ac","tag-gangotri","tag-himalayas","tag-id","tag-rishikesh","tag-sanatan-hindu","tag-sri-badrinath","tag-sri-badrinath-dham","tag-sri-kedarnath","tag-yamunotri","tag-yatra-chardham"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010","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=2010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}