Kartik Swami Temple
Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, India
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Rudraprayag Sangam
Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
The confluence of the Alaknanda and Mandakini beneath Shiva's Rudranath temple — the fork where Kedarnath and Badrinath roads part.
Dhari Devi Temple
Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand
The guardian goddess of the Char Dham on a rock platform in the Alaknanda — her idol famously changes aspect through the day.
Karnaprayag
Karnaprayag, Uttarakhand
The Alaknanda–Pindar confluence where Karna of the Mahabharata is said to have won his divine armour through sun-worship.
Chopta
Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
The 'Mini Switzerland of Uttarakhand' — velvet meadows at 8,700 ft ringed by deodar and rhododendron, base for Tungnath–Chandrashila.
Deoria Tal
Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
An emerald tarn at 8,000 ft where Chaukhamba's four towers mirror perfectly at dawn — a gentle 2.5-km climb from Sari village.
Tungnath Temple
Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
The world's highest Shiva temple (12,073 ft), a thousand-year-old stone shrine on the Chandrashila slope where Shiva's arms emerged.
Chandrashila Summit
Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand
The 'moon rock' summit (13,123 ft) above Tungnath — a sunrise throne facing Nanda Devi, Trishul, Chaukhamba and Kedarnath at once.