TUNGNATH TEMPLE - HIGHEST SHIVA TEMPLE IN WORLD

Friday 15 June 2018

TUNGNATH TEMPLE - HIGHEST SHIVA TEMPLE IN WORLD

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Tungnath Mandir (3.680m above)

 Tungnath is the highest Shiva temple in the world and is the highest of the five Panch Kedar temples located in the mountain range of Tunganath in Rudraprayag district, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.The Tunganath (literal meaning: Lord of the peaks) mountains form the Mandaakani and Alaknanda river valleys. Located at an altitude of 3,680 m (12,073 ft), and just below the peak of Chandrashila,Tungnath temple is the highest Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva. The temple is believed to be 5000 years old and is the third (Tritiya Kedar) in the pecking order of the Panch Kedars.This temple is made up of stones only and is considered to be very strengthful.

WHY & WHEN VISIT TUNGNATH ? 

The highest temple of Lord Shiva is easiest to achieve.Tungnath temple can be easily achieved by a steep trek of 5km connecting from CHOPTA(2700m).This region recieves heavy snowfall during the winters which makes the journey more difficult.
 The symbolic image of Lord Shiva is moved to Mukunath during the winters,situated 19kms away.
Several of peaks of the Himalayan regions are visible from Tungnath.
Tungnath is famous among tourists as Shiva temple, Panch Kedar, Trekking, Meadows, Greenery everywhere.

  • OPENING DATE - 2 may 2018
  • CLOSING DATE- Not announced yet.


 MYTHOLOGY OF TUNGNATH :

 The history of Tungnath Temple says that it is associated with the epic Mahabharatta. Vyas Rishi told the Pandavas that they were guilty of killing their own brothers in the war and there sins would be expiated only if Lord Shiva pardoned them.Pandavas began to search Lord Shiva in the Himalayas and Lord shiva kept avoiding them as they were guilty.
  In order to escape from the Pandavas, Lord Shiva disguised himself as a  bull and took refuge underground.The places where the parts og the bull were found are now renowned Shiva temples.Tungnath is the place where his hands were seen.

HOW TO REACH CHOPTA ?



Chopta is located in the Garhwal Region of Uttarakhand  and lies on the Ukhimath – Chamoli – Gopeshwar road. Distance of Chopta from Haridwar is 225 kms and the distance from Ukhimath to Chopta is around 29 kms. To simplify the reaching part, let me start from Delhi. Chopta is located at an altitude of approx. 2650m.

 Distance from Delhi to Haridwar is 225 kms and has regular buses from ISBT Kashmeeri Gate & Anand Vihar ISBT. Time taken to cover the distance is usually 5-6 hours. There are three kinds of buses from Delhi to Haridwar; normal buses, Janrath buses (AC) and Volvo buses (AC). It is recommended to take a 10 pm or 10:30 pm bus so that you reach Haridwar bus stand at around 4 am in the morning.


Haridwar to Chopta : If you reach Haridwar at 4 or 5 in the morning, there may be quite a confusion with regards to buses for Kund at the bus stand. 
In the absence of a proper information channel, no one will deny about the availability of a bus, nor will anyone tell you where and how it goes from. According to my journey i travelled the whole journey by bike and covered in about 8 hours with minor and some major breaks.If you want to tavel it by bus then there will be no direct buses for Kund or Ukhimath. So basically one needs to get into one of the below GMOU buses .
Route from Haridwar to Chopta

Haridwar – (24kms) Rishikesh – (70kms) Devprayag – (34kms) Srinagar – (33kms) Rudraprayag – (19kms) Agastyamuni – (10kms) Kund – (6kms) Ukhimath – (22kms) Duggalbitta – (7kms) Chopta.
Breakfast place in the bus or self travel is at a dhaba at 3 Dhara near Devprayag.It offers you a full plate in Rs.70 with unlimited food u can have once. 

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