S.No.

Days
0
1

Date
6-Oct-11
7-Oct-11

Time
23:20
23:55

Type
Departure
Departure

Location
Sharjah to Delhi
New Delhi

Description
Air Arabia Flight
12205 NDLS DDN AC EXP
6 to 7 - get bath & fresh. 7 to 9 - breakfast &
har ki pauri. 10 to 14 - Go to kankal for saptrishi
ashram, parad shivling & if possible anandmayi ma
ashram + lunch. By 15:00 should leave haridwar for
rishikesh.

Day 1

8-Oct-11

4:05

Arrival

Haridwar

Day 1

8-Oct-11

15:00

Departure

Haridwar

Day 1

8-Oct-11

16:00

Arrival

Rishikesh

Check in hotel divya by 16:00. Get fresh. 17:00 to

20:00 explore rishikesh (laxman jhula, paramarth
niketan ashram & shivananda ashram). Contact Private
Taxi owner to confirm the morning timings for Indica.

Day 2

9-Oct-11

7:00

Departure

Rishikesh

Wake up by 5:30 & be ready with breakfast to leave by

7:00. Rishikesh-Deoprayag-Rudraprayag-GuptkashiSonprayag

Day 2

9-Oct-11

17:30

Arrival

Gaurikund

Should reach Gaurikund by evening at the max

17:30. Look for Hotwater spring & Cold water spring
that changes colour. Have dinner and sleep early so
that can start next day as early as possible.

Day 3

10-Oct-11

7:00

Departure

Gaurikund

Wake up by 5:30 & be ready with breakfast to leave by

7:00.

Day 3

10-Oct-11

15:30

Arrival

Kedarnath

Should reach kedarnath by 15:30. Checkout either

Jaipur House or GMVN to stay. Get relaxed, freshed and
attend evening prayers.

Day 4

11-Oct-11

7:00

Departure

Kedarnath

Wake up by 05:30 & leave kedarnath by 07:00.

10

Day 4

11-Oct-11

12:00

Arrival

Gaurikund

Arrive @ Gaurikund by 12:00. Get relax, take lunch

S.No.
11
12
13
14
15

Days
Day 4
Day 4
Day 5
Day 5
Day 6

Date
11-Oct-11
11-Oct-11
12-Oct-11
12-Oct-11
12-Oct-11

Time
15:00
19:00
12:00
19:00

16

Day 6

12-Oct-11

19:00

17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29

Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day
Day

13-Oct-11
13-Oct-11
14-Oct-11
14-Oct-11
14-Oct-11
15-Oct-11
16-Oct-11
17-Oct-11
17-Oct-11
18-Oct-11
18-Oct-11
18-Oct-11
19-Oct-11

8:00
18:00
7:00
18:00
20:40
8:30

7
7
8
8
8
9
10
11
12
13
13
13
14

11:30
23:25
14:00
18:00
23:30
6:00

Type
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Arrival

Location
Gaurikund
Chopta
Chopta
Badrinath
Badrinath

Description
Leave Gaurikund by 15:00
Stay at Chopta

Karanprayag

Stay at Karanprayag

Karanprayag
Dunagiri
Dunagiri
Kathgodam
Kathgodam
Delhi
Delhi
Itarsi
Itarsi
Nagpur
Nagpur
Pusad

Stay at Badrinath

Stay at Dunagiri

15014 RANIKHET EXP

Halt @ Delhi
Train Kerala Express, 12626, proceed to Itarsi

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09411752002, 09412413646. Its in the main market in chopta. You s
But the problem is that in chopta only bsnl network is available and that al

Train 4042 departs Dehradun daily at 21:30, then Haridwar at 23:20 and

Mr. Joshi's (Dunagiri) contact no. 941131854

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Important Notes

Stay

Hotel Divya (near laxman jhula)

Corbet Point @ Rudraprayag, on the way towards

Gaurikund, visit vasistha cave @ gular.

If stayed @ Rampur, use GMVN guest house.

Gaurikund is 5km ahead of Rampur. Discuss & select
where to stay rampur or Gaurikund.

Check on time

For the trek use mule , since its 14 km. Come by walk
on the return next day.
Also dont forget ot visit the Om Namah Shivay kund
just near GMVN guest house. The kund will emit
Jaipur House, GMVN or Hotel
bubbles only when you say Om Namah Shivay, nothing Sind Punjab Awas
else works.

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Important Notes

Stay

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ain market in chopta. You should get a double room for 400 rupees.
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hen Haridwar at 23:20 and gets to (old) Delhi at 07:20. (1A, 2A, 3A, SL.)

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1. HARIDWAR

Haridwar is regarded as one of the seven holiest places to Hindus. According to the Samudra manthan,[3] Haridwar along with Ujjain, Nasik
Allahabad is one of four sites where drops of Amrit, the elixir of immortality, accidentally spilled over from the pitcher while being carried by
celestial bird Garuda. This is manifested in the Kumbha Mela being celebrated every 3 years in one of the 4 places, and thus every 12 years
Brahma Kund, the spot where the Amrit fell, is located at Har ki Pauri (literally, "footsteps of the Lord") and is considered to be the
of Haridwar.

Lord Vishnu is said to have left his footprint on the stone that is set in the upper wall of Har-Ki-Pauri, where the Holy Ganges touches it at all
PLACES TO SEE :
1. Har ki Pauri
2. Sapt Rishi Ashram
3. Parad shivling, Kankhal
4. Anandmoyi maa ashram, Kankhal

2. RISHIKESH

Rishikesh has been a part of the legendary 'Kedarkhand' (the present day Garhwal).[5] Legends state that Lord Rama did penance here for k
Ravana, the demon king of Lanka; and Lakshmana, his younger brother, crossed the river Ganges, at a point, where the present 'Lakshman
( ) bridge stands today, using a jute rope bridge
PLACES TO SEE: (If time permits)
1. Laxman Jhula
2. Parmarth Niketan Ashram OR Shivananda Ashram
3. On way to Gaurikund, Visit Vasistha Cave in Gular

The section up to Deoprayag(68 km) is astonishingly beautiful. The folding and erosion of the hills can be clearly seen on the mainly uninha
scarps on the opposite bank. Luxuriant forest runs down to the water's edge which in many places is fringed with silver sand beaches. In pla
river rushes over gentle rapids. A few kilometres before Byasi is Vashisht Gufa(the cave where the saint meditated) which has an ashram.
3. GAURIKUND
Hot
and to
Cold
Water Tanks
On way
Gaurikund,
one finds two water tanks - one consisting of hot water with traces of sulphur and the other, a fascinating cold water
changes color in keeping with the changing time of the day.

4. KEDARNATH

Lakshmi. She performed austerities for 60000 years. In honour of her, the land is named Vrindavan. However, Kedarnath and its temple exis
the Mahabharata Era when the Pandavas are supposed to have pleased Lord Shiva by doing penance there.
Kedarnath is the seat of Lord Shiva. It is one of the twelve "Jyotirlingas" of Lord Shiva. Lying at an altitude of 3584 m at the head of river Man
enshrine Lord Shiva in this land, where the unholy becomes oly and the holy becomes holier.
PLACES TO SEE :
1. Shankaracharya Samadhi
2. Chorabari (Gandhi Sarovar)

5. CHOPTA
Visit Tungnath (trek of about 4-5km) early in the morning to see the sunrise & come back to hotel.

6. BADRINATH

Badrinath was re-established as a major pilgrimage site by Adi Shankara in the ninth century.
Badrinath has been mentioned as a holy place in scriptures and legends for thousands of years. According to the Bhagavata Purana, "There
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enshrined it in a cave near the Tapt Kund hot springs.[3][5] In the sixteenth century, the King of Garhwal moved the murti to the present tem

PLACES TO SEE :
Bath in Tapt Kund, Take Darshanof Badrinathji & go to Mana village, take darshan of Vyas Cave & if possible vasundhar fall.

7. KARANPRAYAG
It is on the way to Badrinath, on the confluence of two holy rivers Alaknanda and Pindar. It is said that Karna of Mahabharata meditated here
years to acquire the impregnable shield, which made him a formidable warrior in the battlefield. Swami Vivekananda meditated here for eigh
days with his Guru Bhai, Guru Turianand ji and Akharanand ji.

PLACES TO SEE :
1. Confluence of river Alakhnanda & Pindar
2. Temple of Karna

8. DUNAGIRI
Make Halt @ Mr. Joshi's house.
Visit Babaji Cave.

9. NAINITAL
Nainital is set in a valley containing a pear-shaped lake, approximately two miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains, of which t
highest are Naina (2,615 m (8,579 ft)) on the north, Deopatha (2,438 m (7,999 ft)) on the west, and Ayarpatha (2,278 m (7,474 ft)) on the so
PLACES TO SEE :
1. Temple of Goddess Naina
2. Naini Lake

1. HARIDWAR

aces to Hindus. According to the Samudra manthan,[3] Haridwar along with Ujjain, Nasik and
the elixir of immortality, accidentally spilled over from the pitcher while being carried by the
mbha Mela being celebrated every 3 years in one of the 4 places, and thus every 12 years in Haridwar.
ted at Har ki Pauri (literally, "footsteps of the Lord") and is considered to be the most sacred ghat

stone that is set in the upper wall of Har-Ki-Pauri, where the Holy Ganges touches it at all times.

2. RISHIKESH

hand' (the present day Garhwal).[5] Legends state that Lord Rama did penance here for killing
his younger brother, crossed the river Ganges, at a point, where the present 'Lakshman Jhula'
idge

ly beautiful. The folding and erosion of the hills can be clearly seen on the mainly uninhabited steep
down to the water's edge which in many places is fringed with silver sand beaches. In places the
efore Byasi is Vashisht Gufa(the cave where the saint meditated) which has an ashram.
3. GAURIKUND

one consisting of hot water with traces of sulphur and the other, a fascinating cold water spring that
the day.

4. KEDARNATH

s. In honour of her, the land is named Vrindavan. However, Kedarnath and its temple exist from
osed to have pleased Lord Shiva by doing penance there.
twelve "Jyotirlingas" of Lord Shiva. Lying at an altitude of 3584 m at the head of river Mandakini, the

becomes oly and the holy becomes holier.

5. CHOPTA
orning to see the sunrise & come back to hotel.

6. BADRINATH

site by Adi Shankara in the ninth century.

criptures and legends for thousands of years. According to the Bhagavata Purana, "There in
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tone image of Lord Badrinarayan made of Saligram stone in the Alaknanda River. He originally
gs.[3][5] In the sixteenth century, the King of Garhwal moved the murti to the present temple.[3]

to Mana village, take darshan of Vyas Cave & if possible vasundhar fall.

7. KARANPRAYAG
wo holy rivers Alaknanda and Pindar. It is said that Karna of Mahabharata meditated here for many
de him a formidable warrior in the battlefield. Swami Vivekananda meditated here for eighteen
aranand ji.

8. DUNAGIRI

9. NAINITAL
lake, approximately two miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains, of which the
, Deopatha (2,438 m (7,999 ft)) on the west, and Ayarpatha (2,278 m (7,474 ft)) on the south.