---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: p.v. narayanan <> Date: 24 June 2015 at 20:03 Subject: Char Dham
[image: Shri YOGA Narasimha Jayanthi Samiti Gorur,Hasan District's photo.] <https://www.facebook.com/ShriYogaNarasimhaJayanthi/photos/a.528862883848212.1073741831.326340510767118/916410968426733/?type=1> Shri YOGA Narasimha Jayanthi Samiti Gorur,Hasan District <https://www.facebook.com/ShriYogaNarasimhaJayanthi/photos/a.528862883848212.1073741831.326340510767118/916410968426733/?type=1&fref=nf> Char Dham Char Dham (literally: 'the four abodes/seats') are the names of four pilgrimage sites in India that are widely revered by Hindus. It comprisesBadrinath, Dwarka, Puri andRameswaram. It is considered highly sacred by Hindus to visit Char Dham during one's lifetime. Char Dham defined by Adi Shankaracharya consists of three Vaishnavite and one Shaivitepilgrimages. The other pilgrimages sites in the Indian state of Uttarakhand viz. Yamunotri,Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath. were known as Chota Char Dham to differentiate them from the bigger circuit of Char Dham sites, but after the mid-20th century they have been also referred to as the Char Dham. In Hindu Puranas Hari(Vishnu) and Har(Shiv) are referred as eternal friends. It is said wherever there resides Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva also resides nearby. Chaar Dhaams are also not exception of this. So the Kedarnath is considered as the pair of Badrinath, Ranganath Swami is considered the pair of Rameshwaram. Somnath is considered as the pair of Dwarka. However one thing is also to be noted here that according to some traditions the Char Dham are Badrinath, Rangnath-Swami, Dwarka and Jagannath-Puri all the four of which are Vaishnav sites and their associated places are Kedarnath,Rameshwaram, Somnath and Lingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar(or may be Gupteshwar) respectively. Geographically speaking the char Dham make a perfect square with Badrinathand Rameswaram falling on the same longitude and Dwarka (old) and Puri on the same latitude, representing the farthest north, east, west, and south points of India (at that time, before coastlines changed). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
