Haridwar & Rishikesh

Varanasi to Haridwar janatha train @ 08.00am 24 hrs travel time.

Manasa Devi has to reach by mountain climbing or preferably by rope car.

Opposite to Haridwar Railway junction at left Siva with Ganges can be seen as statue. Still opposite to this place Jeassharam road, u can see Ayappan temple – built by Meerut business man Mr Harap Prasad Sarma as his thanks giving per the advice of palakad Swami Vimosanantha for his son who could not speak since his birth for 15 yrs.

 30 rooms guest house @ Rs 125 to 200 during the year 2005. South Indian meals @ Rs 25/- around 1130hrs & 1930hrs but has to ordered in advance.

Mr Krishnan, Manager, Shri Ayyapan Koil Jaysram road, Haridwar, Uthranjal

      

Harki Biry ghat deepa aarti

Can also visit Harki Biry, Mirthunj Jaya Mahadev Gurukulam, Maha Vidyalaya, Kushvarth ghat, Mayapur dam, Shubash Ghat, Gurudwara singh, shaba, Neelthara, Brama Gundam, sapthsarovar, Bavantham, ragavendra temple, Geetha Bhavan, zbeem Goda, Baratha matha Temple.

Rishikesh is 1700sft above sea level, and 27Kms from Haridwar enrout to Badrinath of Mount Himalayas.

Suspension bridge across ganga is famous Lakshman jhoola

Ancient Rama Temple above Rishi Kund, the square Tank reflects the temple

Triveni Ghat daily evening ganga aarti offering flower, lamps

To cross ganga a small moter boat charges Rs 5 per head

Gita ashram Sivananda ashram

From Rishikesh to Ketharnath hilly area enroot of Deva Pryagai, Rudra Prayagai, Srinagar, reached the foot of the hill called as Gouri Kund spent the night @ hotel.

Next day early morning @0500hrs kovaru horse to travel 14kms. Ketha Reasvarer mandir is surrounded by Snow Mountains, snow is transforming to water as alaknanda river arrived at 1900hrs. If u wish u can take viputhi for abisheham.

Next day traveled to Thunga Nath, thereafter via dolly reached joshi mutt & stayed for the night. Next day morning visited Kalpga Viruksham, Jothi Mutt, & other temples and left to Badrinath. Only on prescribed timings traffic is allowed to Badrinath

Arrived at 1500hrs Badrinath Mandir opened at 1600hrs and stayed at Sankar Mutt.

Next day 0400hrs had holy bath in hot spring (venir ootru) and had one more Dharshan at Bdrinatha and visited Navalji temple as it is the custom followed here.     

              

Himalayas south of Manali arguna kuba.