Hinduism - Where Is Ukhimath?

 

Ukhimath. is a Himalayan settlement on the Mandakini River in Uttar Pradesh's highlands, across the river from Guptakashi.

Kedarnath, a form of Shiva whose summer abode is a temple in the hamlet of Kedarnath, high in the highlands near the Mandakini's headwaters, has made Ukhimath his winter home.

The town is at such a high altitude that it is only accessible once the snows have melted between late April and October; in October, the temple is ritually closed until the next spring.

When the temple at Kedarnath closes for the winter, the god (symbolically represented by a moveable figure) goes to Ukhimath for the winter before returning to Kedarnath in the spring.

~Kiran Atma


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