{"id":3548,"date":"2017-05-04T10:30:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=3548"},"modified":"2017-05-04T10:30:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T05:00:33","slug":"yatra-chardham-senior-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/yatra-chardham-senior-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Yatra Chardham for Senior Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0<\/span>Yatra Chardham<\/strong>\u00a0which is the devout wish of an any Sanatan Hindu ,\u00a0<\/span>Shivaite<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>Vishnuite<\/strong>\u00a0is done in the\u00a0<\/span>Gharwal region<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>Uttrakhand<\/strong>\u00a0state\u00a0of North India, since 1980 we are making the travel\u00a0arrangements for pilgrims in this area, I have seen the Senior Citizens accompanying their families and trying to\u00a0keep a pace with the youngsters to make their pilgrimage to these holy places,\u00a0not knowing about the difficulties,\u00a0<\/span>unpredictable\u00a0weather<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/span>high altitude sickness<\/strong>\u00a0because of\u00a0<\/span>thin air<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>less oxygen<\/strong>,\u00a0\u00a0in travel and quite often it is the high emotional feeling of doing it by foot as a devotional duty towards the God.<\/span>
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Puja at Hardwar<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

The entire journey which is performed by the people from all over India gathers at\u00a0Haridwar<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0Rishikesh<\/strong>\u00a0starts the 12 -14 days journey within the Himalayas with almost\u00a0every day travelling<\/strong>\u00a0around 200-250 kms. on single road which are prone to\u00a0land slides<\/strong>,\u00a0falling rocks<\/strong>,\u00a0heavy rains<\/strong>\u00a0or may be simply the\u00a0heavy traffic in both directions<\/strong>\u00a0on road and once we reach the destination may be one is to\u00a0wait in a queue<\/strong>\u00a0to have a pooja or just a darshan of few minutes,\u00a0 choice of food\u00a0is the major problem, fresh vegetables and milk are rare, one is to compromise on whatever is available and most important the good comfortable place where one can have full rest at night and facilities of daily use.
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Sri Badrinath Ji Temple at night<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

Quite often,\u00a0Senior Citizens<\/strong>\u00a0are unable to travel because someone from their family is not accompanying them, the entire\u00a0 journey is\u00a0comfortable and our experienced representative\u00a0is\u00a0with the Seniors, hiring of\u00a0a\u00a0vehicle with good ground clearance<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0comfortable seats<\/strong>, there are breaks in the journey at places where there are\u00a0good facilities<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0good refreshments<\/strong>\u00a0available, a prior\u00a0information about the medical needs of person travelling, contacts of medical facilities available on the route which may be helpful in case of any emergencies.\u00a0Food<\/strong>\u00a0served on this route is\u00a0vegetarian<\/strong>, the\u00a0accommodations are arranged on\u00a0ground floor with hot water in the bathrooms<\/strong>,\u00a0beds are soft<\/strong>\u00a0and warm, places are at high altitude, heaters and fire in the rooms are not allowed,\u00a0providing guests with hot water bottles to keep the body warm in the bed. Accommodations\u00a0are\u00a0selected close to the\u00a0\u00a0roads .<\/strong>
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Palki being carried by the porters at Yamunotri<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At\u00a0Yamunotri,<\/strong>\u00a0arrangements of\u00a0Palki<\/strong>\u00a0it is carried by four porters,\u00a0Phata<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0Kedarnath<\/strong>\u00a0is by\u00a0helicopter<\/strong>\u00a0and if desired the distance from helipad to the main shrine is\u00a0arranged by a porter carrying a person in a basket chair,\u00a0Gangotri<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Badrinath<\/strong>\u00a0are at comfortable walking distance, at all shrines arrangement of \u00a0priority darshan.<\/strong>
\nGood\u00a0warm clothes<\/strong>,\u00a0woolen\u00a0socks<\/strong>,\u00a0woolen\u00a0cap<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0gloves<\/strong>\u00a0are must, before starting for the pilgrimage. Good\u00a0water-proof shoes<\/strong>\u00a0should be worn and one must start using \u00a0them at least 15 days before starting the journey,\u00a0sandals\u00a0and\u00a0slippers\u00a0should not be used for walking ( Treking) ,\u00a0wind cheater<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0rain coat<\/strong>\u00a0is always\u00a0recommended, one must drink a lot of water because most of pilgrims fall ill due to\u00a0dehydration and Cold .<\/strong>
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The\u00a0Yatra Chardham\u00a0which is the devout wish of an any Sanatan Hindu ,\u00a0Shivaite\u00a0or\u00a0Vishnuite\u00a0is done in the\u00a0Gharwal region\u00a0of\u00a0Uttrakhand\u00a0state\u00a0of North India, since 1980 we are making the travel\u00a0arrangements for pilgrims in this area, I have seen the Senior Citizens accompanying their families and trying to\u00a0keep a pace with the youngsters to make their pilgrimage to these holy places,\u00a0not … →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,18,19,21,22,25],"tags":[216,495,812,814,979,1032,1044,1106,1328,2034,2146,2332,2438,2500,2678,2682,2688,2822,3102,3110],"class_list":["post-3548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-himalayas","category-people","category-pilgrimage","category-religious-belief","category-road-trip","category-trekking","tag-badrinath","tag-chardham","tag-gangotri","tag-gangotri-temple","tag-haridwar","tag-high-altitude","tag-himalayas","tag-india","tag-kedarnath","tag-north-india","tag-phata","tag-rishikesh","tag-sanatan-hindu","tag-senior-citizens","tag-sri-badrinath","tag-sri-badrinath-ji-temple","tag-sri-gangotri-temple","tag-temple","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\/3548","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=3548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}