There are five Kedar : Kedarnath, Tunganath, Madmaheswar, Rudranath and Kalpeswar. Actually these are the five places, where different parts of Shiva is seen. To know the story follow the link :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panch_Kedar. Rudranath the place where we can see the face of Lord Shiva. We have to walk to reach Rudranath, 20 km total starting from Sagar. Trekking is little tough, but interesting. Just trek slowly and look the beauty of the surroundings, you will get exceptional view. You will see different type of trees like rhododendron, pine and big grass and also nice birds sitting on the trees or flying in the sky. Altitude of Rudranath is 11500 feet.
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Dense forest |
We started our journey from Howrah and reached Haridwar next day evening. Next day we hired a car and directly reached Sagar. Sagar, the place from where we started our trek. At morning it was raining slowly when our journey was started. So we wore raincoat and slowly walking towards the Panar Bugyal. Sagar to Panar Bugyal is 12 km, but very tough road. If you wish you can take 2 days to reach Panar. But we reached Panar in after noon in the same day. Panar is a big bugyal and there is only one place to stay. But don't worry hotel in-charge will arrange every necessary things for you.
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Panar |
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The Great Restaurant at Panar |
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From Panar |
To reach Rudranth you have to again walk 8 km from Panar. So we stayed there at night. But next day morning there happened a miracle. We trek once in every year, but never happened like this. Snowfall started at Panar. Slowly snow filled the Panar Bugyal. We could not go outside of the room. At 11.00 am we just went outside to see the beauty with our umbrella. Still snowfall was continuing. We started running on the snow just for enjoyment. We could not start for Rudranath on that day.
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After snowfall |
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Our Guide |
Next day morning we started for Rudranath Temple. Panar to Rudranath, road is easy, so wthin 4 hour you can reach Rudranath. On the way you may see deer are eating grass above the mountain. So at last we reached Rudranath. Puja was going on in the Temple. We made pronam, then arranged a room for night stay. Rudranath temple (3402 mtrs). Hathi Parvat, Nandadevi, NandaGhunti, Trishuli and many others can be seen from here. There are many holy Kunds near Rudranath temple.
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Rudranath Temple |
