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1. Shri Kedarnath mandir 2. Rewinding a few minutes. On the way to the temple from Nandi complex base camp. Some people take tents with them and some rent those there 3. On the way to Bhairav Baba mandir. It is a steep climb with bulls on the narrow road. It's amazing 4. Jai Bhairav Baba. Om Namah Shivay 5. Bhairav Baba mandir from a distance. Mesmerising 6. Valley between the two above-mentioned temples 7. Is this Bhimbali? 8. Had to take a pony on the way back 9. Entering Sonprayag from Gaurikund, over Mandakini Mata river . . . . . . #shrikedarnath #kedarnath #kedarnathtemple #kedarnathdham #bhairavbaba #bhairavbaba_temple #nandicomplex #basecamp #ponyride #trekking #mandakiniriver

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1. Shri Kedarnath mandir

2. Temple entrance queue

3. A zoomed out photo of the kalasa, amalaka, shikhara, and ardhamandapa. Isn't that spectacular?!

4. Side view of the great temple. On the left of the side exit, there's an underground water reservoir which has holy water!

5. The holy and mysterious Bheem Shila

6. The first day of my reaching there was the last day of Navratra hence the beautiful Durga Mata decor. I guess the artist's name is Shikha Sharma

7. On the way to the helipad

8. A mesmerising mandir on the way/or while coming back from Kedarnath temple. On the backdrop is the way to Bhairav Baba mandir

9. Night sky where stars are clearly visible. Oh and an Indian national flag (:

10. Way to the GMVN micro-resorts and other stays . . . . . . #kedarnath#kedarnathtemple#kedarnathdham#kedarnathmahadev#bhimshila#bheemshila#durgamaa#helipad#holytemple#nightsky#stars#gmvn#gmvnkedarnath

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1. Shri Kedarnath yatra

2. Starting mid-point after around 8 kilometres of walking, there is an alternate route which is shorter to the destination but the inclination of the path is almost 45 degrees

3. Down below you could check the mini-bridge where people wait and click some photos of themselves

4. Beautiful mountain area. Your legs starts saying "take a pony.. take a pony" but your heart and mind says "reaching there.. reaching there. Om Namay Shivay"

5. And then after a while you see the snow-clad mountain in the distance, the same mountain which you could check in the backdrop of Shri Kedarnath temple!

6. Mountain doggos. Furry much. As Ian Malcolm said, "life finds a way". Lol . . . . . . #kedarnathyatra#kedarnathyatra2022#bheembali#rudrafall#steepmountains#minibridge#snowcladmountains#mountaindogs#greenery#peace

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1. Sonprayag to Gaurikund

2. A view from the hotel I stayed for the night. Down below to the left (not visible in the photo) is the boiling water kund where it is mandatory to take a bath or cleanse yourself with the water before the yatra

3. Hotel common porch to have a smoke before heading for bed

4. Early morning ready-click after offering my prayers to Gauri mata

5. Glimpse towards soul cleansing path . . . . . . #sonprayag#gaurikund#gaurikundtrek🙏👣🕉️#nightstay#river#mountains

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1. On the way to Rudraprayag

2. Beautiful property in Guptkashi, the red car makes it more contrasty, doesn't it not? The skyline couldn't be nicer due to the dirty window glass on the jeep

3. Mountain traffic in Phata, but it wasn't boring due to the picturesque view of the surroundings

4. Sonprayag car parking, all cars well-aligned, good for OCD minds

5. On the way to Triugi village. It's really beautiful when you can't tell the difference between clouds and fog

6. GMVN in Triugi village is the best stay with clean rooms and amazing views

7. View from my room for the night! Unnamed holy mountains, there has to be names but I don't know.

8. Powerful-holy-ancient Triyuginarayan temple. These are the first adjectives that I felt while writing this paragraph.

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1. Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh

2. Badrinath Marg market

3. Ram Jhula, north-west end view

4. Ram Jhula

5. North-east end of Ram Jhula road, near Mahendra chole kulche :D

6. View from road on the way to Little Goa Beach, Rishikesh! . . . . . .

#sivanandaashram#badrinathmarg#ramjhula#ramjhula_rishikesh#cholekulche#littlegoabeach

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1. Triveni Ghat, Rishikesh. 'twas raining

2. Late evening Ganga aarti

3. There are around ten main pandits performing the aarti in a row

4. The beautiful fire lamps

5. Mayakund market

6. Back to hostel on this kind-of vintage tempo

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1. Waited for the plane after security check. Sat near a Starbucks counter but didn't drink any coffee.

2. The great Mount Everest on the right-mid.

3. Brunch was good on air. Indigo is upping their game I guess!

4. On the way from Dehradun airport to Rishikesh. One of the best roads starting with a super-broad highway, followed up by a narrow road with greenery on both sides with wind blowing at all times.

5. Watching Netflix with fellow travellers from different regions in the high-end hostel that I stayed in.

6. Late lunch on the terrace overlooking mountains and greenery, worth it!