Badrinath Yatra

Badrinath yatra On the first leg of the journey one shld reach Rishikesh & can stay at Andhra Ashramam.Which is located between TTD Venkateswara & Chandramouliswara temple.GMVNL{(Garhwal mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd) means Garhwal division development corpn} Operates buses cars & tata sumos for the Char dham yatra as they call so there in Haridwar & rishikesh. [p] First take a holy dip in TRIVENI GHAT-RISHIKESH and have the dharshanam of lord At bharat mandir.There are count less places in Rishikesh like Ram & Lakshman Jhula(suspension bridge across river Ganga).stay at least one night at Rishikesh and enjoy the temple rituals of Lord balaji Temple which is not possible at Tirumala Tirupati U can start u r journey any time.But one shld leave early in the morning at 04..00am if u ve to go straight to Badri with out any halt. I prefer to leave at 0230pm from Rishikesh and want to stay at Devaprayag.there in the rivers Baghirathi & alakananda Confluences to form ganga!! [Alakanda river flows from alkapuri Glacier a point wee bit above or near to NaraNarayana peak.] In devaprayag I stayed at kedar-Badri societys field hostel-a spacious room with attached bath twin double bed for a meager 150/( during 2003)From therr one can see tha panoramic view of the confluence & Raghu nath temple. This Raghu nath temple is what our acharyan says as the temple mangala sasanamed by kaliyan.Food is ok.Do I forget to tell u this isntit? one shld carry dry milk powder, coffeepowder, dry fuits nuts & biscuits for the Uttranchal journey since these iems are very costly there.