Puri Rameswaram Dwarka Badrinath
The Char Dham also rendered the Chatur Dhama is a set of four pilgrimage sites in India. Since the establishment of the Char Dham temples, visiting these sites has become a path to achieve MOKSHA. The four Dhams are Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram. All the ‘dhamas’ are related to four epochs.
Dham of Satyuga– Badrinath, Uttarakhand
Dham of Tretayuga -Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu
Dham of Dwaparayuga – Dvaraka, Gujarat
Dham of Kaliyuga – Jagannatha Puri, Odisha.
PURI
Jagannath Temple, Puri located in the east, is located in the state of Odisha, India. Puri is one of the oldest cities in the eastern part of the country. It is situated on the Bay of Bengal coast. The main deity is Krishna, revered as Jagannatha. It is the only shrine in India where goddess Subhadra, sister of Krishna, is worshipped along with her brothers, Jagannatha and Balabhadra.
RAMESWARAM
Rameswaram Temple is located in the state of Tamil Nadu, in the southern part of the Indian peninsula. According to legends, this is the place where Rama, along with his brother Lakshmana and devotee Hanuman, built a bridge (Rama Setu) to reach Lanka to rescue his wife Sita, who had been abducted earlier by Ravana, the ruler of Lanka. The Ramanathaswamy Temple, dedicated to Shiva, occupies a significant area of Rameswaram.
DWARKA
Dwaraka dheesh Temple is located in the state of Gujarat, on the western coast of India. The city derives its name from the word “dvara” meaning door or gate in the Sanskrit language. It is located confluence where the Gomti River merges into the Arabian Sea. However, this river Gomti is not the same Gomti River, which is a tributary of Ganga River.
BADRINATH
Badrinath Temple situated in the north, is located in the state of Uttarakhand. It is in the Garhwal hills, on the Alaknanda River banks. The town lies between the Nar and Narayana mountain ranges and in the shadow of Nilkantha peak (6,560 m). There are other interesting sightseeing spots like Mana, Vyas Gufa, Maatamoorti, Charanpaduka, Bhimkund, and the Mukh of the Saraswati River, within 3 km of Badrinathjee.
