DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand government has announced the formation of a Char Dham Yatra Authority to make the pilgrimage to the four shrines — Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri ...

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However, the winter Char Dham Yatra involves a pilgrimage to alternative shrines like Ukhimath, Pandukeshwar, Kharsali, and Mukhwa, according to the state's tourism department.

(The Hindu tradition of parikrama suggests that the yatra should move from left to right ... won the battle of Mahabharata.) (The Badrinath Dham is dedicated to lord Vishnu, who is considered ...