Rudraprayag

Rudraprayag
Rudraprayag is named after the Lord Shiva (Rudra),The entire region of Rudraprayag is blessed with immense natural beauty, lakes & glaciers , important Hindu temples such as Kedarnath, Shankaracharya Samadhi , Gaurikund ,Son Prayag , Panch Kedar ,Madmaheshwar,Tungnath,Koteshwar , Guptkashi etc. This small town , Rudraprayag , is situated at the holy confluence of river Alaknanda and river Mandakini , at a distance of 34 kms. From Srinagar (Garhwal). The presence of two separate routes for Badrinath and Kedarnath Dham from Rudraprayag render great importance to the place. There are more than 200 shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva in district itself, the most important one is Kedarnath.
Sites and Temples In Rudraprayag
KedarnathSituated at an altitude of 3584 mts from the sea level on the head of holy river Mandakani, the great shrine of Kedarnath is amongst the holiest pilgrimages for the Hindus. Majestic Kedarnath is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva.Lord Shiva is also called Kadar that's why this tample is called Kadarnath.TheKedarnath Temple has an imposing impressive sight, standing in the middle of a wide plateau surrounded by white snow covered mountains. The present temple was built by Adi Shankaracharya in 8th centuary A.D. The tample stands adjacent to the site of an earlier temple which is belived to be built by the great Pandavas. The inner walls of the tample are decorated with figures of various deities and scenes from mythology.A large statue of the Nandi Bull stands out side the tample as a guard of Lord Shiva. The tample is believed to be more than 1000 years old.The architecture of Kedarnath temple is a wonder to the mordern architects, as to how those heavy slabs of stones had been placed perfectly in those earlier days. The tample is built of extremely large, heavy and evenly cut grey slabs of stones.
Festivals and events in Rudraprayag
As Rudraprayag is a district of temples which have a great religious importance to the Hindu's ,it hosts a number of festivals and events round the year such as the season at the "Kedarnath" temple or at "punch Kedar".The prayer at these great temple is no less than any festivals therefore there has always been festivals and events in the district Rudrapyayag.Places like Guari Kund , Son Prayag , Madmaheshwar , Shankaracharya Samadhi and Guptkashi have fairs round the year , because these places are always visited by the pilgrims and the devotees not only from India but also from around the world for religious and other reason.
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