Char Dham
Char Dham
चार धाम
The four holy abodes established by Adi Shankaracharya — Badrinath, Dwarka, Jagannath Puri, and Rameshwaram — spanning the four corners of India.
Shrines
4
on the route
Char Dham — literally 'the four abodes' — is a set of four pilgrimage sites at the four cardinal points of India, established as a national pilgrimage circuit by Adi Shankaracharya in the 8th century.
The route
4 shrines, in order
Step 1 → 4
- 1
Badrinath
Vishnu·Chamoli·UttarakhandNorth — abode of Vishnu in the Garhwal Himalayas, on the bank of the Alaknanda.
- 2
Dwarka
Krishna·Dwarka·GujaratWest — Krishna's legendary kingdom on the Gujarat coast.
- 3
Jagannath Puri
Jagannath·Puri·OdishaEast — home of the famous Rath Yatra chariot festival.
- 4
Rameshwaram
Shiva·Rameswaram·Tamil NaduSouth — on Pamban Island; where Rama is said to have worshipped Shiva.
यात्रा सम्पूर्णा
The journey is complete.