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Since #Kedarnath is trending...here are a few wonderful images of the holy shrine at different times of the year. One of the twelve Jyotirlinga Kshetrams.
A short thread!
This is from 1882!
A short thread!
This is from 1882!
Another brilliant one from 1882. See how clean the surroundings are! No human settlements around!
Now look at the remoteness of the place in the valley! An ariel shot. That red dot is the temple!
And to think Adi Shankara went there in the 8th century! 😎
And to think Adi Shankara went there in the 8th century! 😎
In winters the snowfall goes up several feet/meters high!
And the way to the temple is made by digging out several layers of snow!
That's what it looks like from above...🙂
Nandi always guarding the entrance! 🙂🙏
In 2013 one of the worst floods hit the valley of Uttarakhand! Almost everything around the temple was washed away!
But the temple withstood the massive natural disaster!
Like Lord Shiva himself, sitting in a state of deep meditation, as chaos continued all around! 🙂🙏
Like Lord Shiva himself, sitting in a state of deep meditation, as chaos continued all around! 🙂🙏
As the waters subsided...the temple emerged back...
Glowing like a precious gemstone in the lap of the Himalayas! 🙂
Am reminded of the famous sloka 'Moulouv Ganga' by the great Appayya Dikshita! 🙏🙂
Har Har Mahadev!
Har Har Mahadev!
