Tungnath is the highest temple(12,073 ft)) in the world and is one of the five and the highest Panch Kedar temples located in the mountain range in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand.
As per legend, when Panadavs felt guilty to kill their own relatives in Kurukshetra war,their kul guru advised them to confess their sin to Lord Shiva.The Pandavs went in search of Shiva who wanted to avoid Pandavas also.Shiva took the form of a bull and went into hiding in an underground safe haven at Guptakashi.After a long search Pandavas found Shiva's body in the form of bull's 5 body parts in 5 different Places.In Tunganath they found Shiva's Tung(arms).hump was found at Kedarnath,head appeared at Rudranath, navel and stomach surfaced at Madhyamaheshwar and his jata (hair or locks) at Kalpeshwar.
There are two road way to reach Tungnath from New Delhi, Rishikesh or Haridhwar.
one is via Guptakashi-Kund-Ukhimath-Chopta route and other via Badrinath- Gopeshwar-Mandal route.But the route via Guptakashi-Kund-Ukhimath-Chopta is small and traffic free rather than second one.
Distance between Delhi to Chopta is approx 450 km after Chopta it is 3.5 km vertical zig-zag foot walking trek to Tungnath Temple which in mora than 1000 years old.
Our Preparation for Tunganath Trek
Day 1 (Delhi to Rishikesh)
Day 2 (Rishikesh to Chopta)
Day 3 (Chopta to Rudraprayag via Tunganath)
As per legend, when Panadavs felt guilty to kill their own relatives in Kurukshetra war,their kul guru advised them to confess their sin to Lord Shiva.The Pandavs went in search of Shiva who wanted to avoid Pandavas also.Shiva took the form of a bull and went into hiding in an underground safe haven at Guptakashi.After a long search Pandavas found Shiva's body in the form of bull's 5 body parts in 5 different Places.In Tunganath they found Shiva's Tung(arms).hump was found at Kedarnath,head appeared at Rudranath, navel and stomach surfaced at Madhyamaheshwar and his jata (hair or locks) at Kalpeshwar.
There are two road way to reach Tungnath from New Delhi, Rishikesh or Haridhwar.
one is via Guptakashi-Kund-Ukhimath-Chopta route and other via Badrinath- Gopeshwar-Mandal route.But the route via Guptakashi-Kund-Ukhimath-Chopta is small and traffic free rather than second one.
Distance between Delhi to Chopta is approx 450 km after Chopta it is 3.5 km vertical zig-zag foot walking trek to Tungnath Temple which in mora than 1000 years old.
Our Preparation for Tunganath Trek
Day 1 (Delhi to Rishikesh)
Day 2 (Rishikesh to Chopta)
Day 3 (Chopta to Rudraprayag via Tunganath)
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