Yamunotri, the source of the Yamuna river.

Gangotri, the origin of the Ganga river and worshipped as Goddess Ganga.

Kedarnath, where a form of the Hindu God Shiv, the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe. It is one of the famous jyotirling. There are 12 Jyotirlinga across the country. This is one of the jyotirling which is in north India.

Badrinath, where a form of lord vishnu.

The Chardham yatra is undertaken from the west to the east. The yatra begins from Yamunotri, then proceeding to Gangotri and finally to Kedarnath and Badrinath. It is important route follows the Hindu tradition of parikrama. There is also a pilgrimage known as Gurudwara Sri Hemkund Sahib Ji the pilgrimage site for the Sikhs, and is one of the sacred religious place in the country. People visit all these places for washing away their sins.

Devotees from various parts of India reached there undertake this Yatra for taking blessings of the god and enjoyed beautiful natural charms of Uttarakhand. People decided to go on a Chardham pilgrimage must prepare themselves to suppress many challenges like the mountain roads, crossing rivers, climate change, up n downs in temperature and many other things. Char Dham Yatra is one the most popular pilgrimage route of north india where a no. of devotees paying attention to all these religious places. They think that it will eliminates all sins and to attain salvation by the blessings of the Lord Vishnu and Shiv. Each and every year more than thousands of people visit Chardham across the country. This place is also growing popular among foriegn tourists. They feel blessed to see the natural beauty and Himalayas with a chance to know more about culture of India. Foreigners take interest to visit amazing valleys of the Himalayas proudly reflect thousands years old legends. This trip was being initiated thousands years ago in 8th Century by the great hindu guru Adi Shankaracharya and since then the Chardham tour is started.

The yatra starts from Haridwar, the perfect gateway to God and can be reached to Uttarkashi for Gangotri and Yamunotri shrine and be completed at Chamoli by visiting the Badrinath Temple. CharDhams of Uttarakand can be completed in 10-11 days. Nowdays, one can also get helicopter services to visit CharDham in just a couple of days.

Most favourable time for Chardham Yatra