Sacred location
(tirtha) in the Himalayas near the Yamuna River's sources.
Yamunotri is regarded the Yamuna's ritual source, despite
the fact that the real source is farther upstream, at the foot of the
Bandarpunch Mountain.
Because of its great altitude, it is only accessible from
late April to October, after which it closes for the winter months, as are the
other three main Himalayan pilgrimage sites of Gangotri, Kedarnath, and
Badrinath.
The river itself is a sacred site in Yamunotri, where
pilgrims wash (snana) in the freezing waters.
There are numerous temples, the oldest of which was erected
by one of Nepal's monarchs, but they are small in comparison to those at
Gangotri, and the sole significant one was completed in the 1980s.
Aside from the holy river and its tributaries, Yamunotri is
known for many hot springs, some of which have been diverted into a tank, and
many pilgrims take use of the hot baths.
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