What could be more enthralling than getting an opportunity to connect with the Higher being? What if it comes with Adventure and pilgrimage together? Indeed, it is worth while experience. Then, Chardham is one of the best choices available worldwide in terms of how the four Dhams have been designed together as part of the overall route. Rather than being separate places that are isolated geographically but within proximity to each other and connected spiritually, the four Dhams represent different levels of significance, offering something unique for those who follow a particular path through each of them. The Chardham Yatra Package is for the month of August, taking place from Delhi by train. It follows the classic route from Delhi to Haridwar by train, as well as through the complete, professionally managed, devotionally planned and executed 12-day sacred tour, including all four Dhams, overnight accommodations at all Dhams, and all ceremonial protocols, as well as the beautiful gifts from Mother Nature during monsoon season, which will be abundant throughout the journey.
You must be thinking, why from Delhi and why by Train? Well, Delhi to Haridwar is one of the most scenic and close trips, with an extraordinary rail connection. For more than 120 years, the Delhi to Haridwar is one of the most unique and common rail journeys in India, chosen by many people. Be it for adventure, yoga or religious rites. Did you know that it was also one of the earliest railways built specifically to accommodate the increasing demand for access to the temples located in the Greater Garhwal area? The daily trains transporting people between Delhi and each of the four main temples in the Chardham Yatra provide a safe and effective way to travel to these holy sites without having to walk or do any other kind of physical activity. Especially pilgrims and seekers travelling in the month of August get the chance to experience the monsoon beauty of the Himalayas. Its wonderful sight to witness, lush green forests, numerous waterfalls cascading from every mountainside, powerful flowing rivers, and temples welcoming their August pilgrims with unmatched levels of holiness compared to those levels available during the peak travel season. August is the perfect time to visit, right before Dussehra and Diwali.
Here are some of the very interesting reasons why Delhi, the heart of India, is very closely connected to the Char Dham Circuit. The city of Delhi lies next to the sacred river Yamuna, which is where devotees begin their journey to visit its place of origin, called as Yamunotri. It is one of the sacred religious sites that you will visit while carrying out the Chardham pilgrimage. Thus, every person who lives in Delhi has the opportunity daily to pay homage to the source of the goddess they are about to visit. In addition, within the vast history of Delhi are also the most direct connections to the sacred stories that take place along the Chardham circuit, namely through the Mahabharata. If you know, one of the epic descendants of the hero of the Mahabharata who built the Kedarnath temple and to whom the sage of the Mahabharata, Vyasa, dictated the text for the temple of Kedarnath in the Vyas Gufa, which is located in Mana Village near Badrinath.