[Music] Har Har Mahadev 1, 2, 3, 4....The name of Lord Bhole everywhere I have started the journey at around 6:30 in the morning and now the only wish is to reach the temple of Lord Kedar. So let's reach quickly, let's see how much time it takes? Say Hail Lord Kedar. The Kedarnath Yatra starts from Haridwar itself, where you reach Gaurikund by means of a bus. The Gaurikund is that place from where you do a journey 16 km journey on foot and reach the temple of Lord Kedarnath. Here you must take a walking stick, which will make it easier for you to walk and it is around ₹ 50, so you can buy it from Gaurikund only. Because you will definitely have to travel the entire way to Kedarnath Dham. Situated On the banks of river Mandakini, for the Kedarnath Dham, Starting the journey from Haridwar, you have to reach Sonprayag via Rishikesh, Devprayag, Srinagar, Rudraprayag, Agastya Muni , and from here, by paying ₹ 50 per person, you can reach Gaurikund by sharing jeep. To reach from Haridwar to Gaurikund, it takes you a whole day. As soon as you move 300-400 metres ahead of Gaurikund, you will find the first horse stop and from here you can get this Pony horse, whatever you call it, from here and From Gaurikund to Kedarnath Dham, you have to pay Rs. 2950 for one person for one side, this is the rate and let us know further that what all is available ahead and what are the rates. Rest the palanquin and other rates we will know ahead. You get the bus to Gaurikund from Haridwar in front of the Haridwar railway station from 3 to 10 in the morning, for which you have to pay Rs 700 to ₹ 800, whereas for a private taxi you can pay Rs 10000 to 15000. You can also book a bus online through GMVN website. Like always, I have come here for bike rental or scooty rental here at Ghumo Bike Rental. and from here I am going to pick Burman once again because it is easy to carry the luggage in it, it runs easily, you don't have to change gear, it is comfortable for me, rest you can take any. I will give you the contact details for here, you can hire a bike, whether you want to go to Haridwar or Rishikesh or want to do Char Dham Yatra of Lord Kedarnath, you will get good bikes here, you will get a scooty and for other details of prices etc. you can contact. If you take Burman, then it will give you approximately ₹ 1100 to ₹ 1200 per day and you have to show the license etc. which should be there and the rest one ID proof of your's is submitted. Sonprayag is 5 kilometers before Gaurikund and there are good and more hotel options available here whereas in Gaurikund there are less options and less facilities but prefer to stay at Gaurikund so that you can start your journey at the right time. Let me show you my stay of Gaurikund. Here is the room. I have taken this deluxe room, I will also disclose its price to you, first I will show you and the washroom is quite big and here is the room. Now I will show you a little bit of the outside also, then after that I will also disclose the price. This is the outside view and this is a very big property, its name is Sunil Lodge and below here Gaurikund is clearly visible. This is the view of the entire Gaurikund. When you come, you will see something similar to Gaurikund. Now what is the price here? The price of this room is around 3500 rupees, it is also available in less amount, sometimes it depends on the season, but currently, the peak season is going in May, June, it is around 3 to 3.5 thousand rupees, however, you can do bargaining and apart from this, there are other cheap rooms here too, but in none of them you will get private bathroom etc. You will get it in a dormitory type, so prepare ₹ 1000 in your mind that it will cost you this much if you are ready to live in common. So this is Gaurikund and this is the stay here, however, there are many other stays here and this is a big property. There is also the option of GMVN. The prices of GMVN are nearly the same, it is Rs 2000, 2500, 3000, 3500. In that too, rooms are not available. You must make advance booking by visiting the website of GMVN. There are many points in this 16-kilometer trek from Gaurikund to Kedarnath Ji temple, in which the first point is Jungle Chatti, about 4 kilometers from Gaurikund and for food and drink, this place is the most reasonable and best. Maggi? Whereas after 1 kilometer from here there lies Bhim Bali and 1 kilometer ahead of Bhim Bali is Rambada. I have done the walking journey of about 6 kilometers and have reached Bhim Bali. Bhim Bali is that place from where the path of horses goes somewhat this side, this bridge you will be looking downwards, from here mules are going and from here you should not go on foot because you will face problems on foot among these mules, for that there is a separate footpath and almost after you can reach Rambada on foot in around 1-1.5 kilometers. The way is devoid of mules in a way and to reach here from Gauri Kund, it is 10:50, which means we had started at 6:30 and now it is almost 10:50. It has taken more than 4 hours to reach here, we also ate and drank in between, we stopped a bit, so let's see when we reach there. The last time we left at around 5:30 and reached at 4:00 in the evening, let's see how much time will it take. Compared to the year 2022, this time I was seeing less crowd in this journey and this year many facilities were also added like temporary toilets became permanent and cleanliness was also taken care of, whereas this time cameras were also installed at various places during the trek and there was a WiFi facility at some places, although... I took some water, you can see the color of the water yourself, in the bottle. This is Rambada, and you will see this bridge of Rambada. When the tragedy came here, it was the most affected one and once it used to be populated, today it is completely destroyed you will see it. The path which used to go earlier was on this side but after the tragedy, a new route was made and people started going from this side. So the view is very good, but what would have happened at that time, God forbid again that time comes. The easiest and fastest way to travel to Kedarnath ji is by helicopter. And helicopters are available from places called Guptkashi, Vata and Sirsi and its booking is only online while the rates are like this. How much is the banana for brother? Bananas? It is one for Rs 10. And the cucumber? Cucumber is One for 40 rupees. If you buy a water bottle here then it is ₹ 50 per bottle for one litre. I have gone black from red and will walk in this dress, the T-shirt has became a little thin, so the T-shirt will be comfortable, you see, I have started sweating so much, it has started coming in it. During the journey make sure to carry, a raincoat, gloves, jacket, inner, socks, winter cap, and umbrella and also good quality shoes. Although, If you forget anything then you will get all the necessary things for the trip in Gaurikund. But this can be costly for you. After Rambada, the real trek to Kedarnath Dham starts, so if you face any problem in walking, then hire a mule from Bhim Bali only because after this the authorized point to hire a mule is in Lincholi From where the Kedarnath Dham is only 3 kilometers. On my back side you must be looking at the palanquin that has just arrived and for the palanquin, I found out the rate for you here. They told me that the return trip will be ₹ 10000, will take you from below to the top, and you will be dropped back to the bottom and everything will be done in the same day. So those who want to go by palanquin, this option is also available for them. If you go by horse then it costs around 6000 for a round trip and by Palanquin you get the same thing for Rs 10000 and it is more comfortable. So here is that Chausa Bhat and this is black lentils, although the lentils are a little different, let me taste and see how it is. The rice are raw, and cold as well, do not try it. I don't know it is only in this shop, or whatever. Her situation is like this. Let's try the Parathas, it is of Rs 60 and so small in size. The parathas are better. The quantity of rice and Chausa Bharat that we ate at ₹ 80 was fine but the taste lacked a bit. It is possible that you can also get a good one in the rest of the shops. If you want to do the journey to Kedarnath Dham through Pithu (Flunky), that is, it is like this Pithu, if you want to do it through it, then you have to... my weight is around 67 kg for this they are asking for ₹ 10000. If there will be more weight, the price will increase, this will be a one-way journey and they will drop you till Dham only till the very last point, this is a special thing, so you can go through it, meaning if your weight is Maybe if it is 80-90 kg then it will be 12-13 thousand. If there are children, then maybe even in Rs 5000-7000 your price will be reduced. Look at the authorized rates fixed by the administration of the palanquin and travel as per these rates because sometimes they also tell you higher prices. However, if you are capable of climbing then do not use them and go on foot. The journey of about 7.5 km is still left and the views have become very beautiful but the roads here have become like this, very bad. There is mud and after Rambala, if you come in any season, generally if your luck is line mine, you will get a similar road because the rain here keeps on happening and the glaciers also keep on melting. Rest, the climb is continuous up, up, up you have to keep moving. After Rambada, your climb is difficult. Due to snow, there is a lot of mud at many places and due to mules, traffic jams are also seen, but from here you also get to see the real beauty. Lord Bholenath has enhanced the beauty so much that only Wow! What beauty is only coming out of my mouth, it is a very loving view, there is snow everywhere. There are problems because of it, but there is beauty too, what to do, both have their own pleasures and disadvantages too. I would like to praise the only female vlogger that I saw on the entire route, there is no one else here. And at around 5:00 in the evening, I reached the GMVN camp where I was supposed to stay. I have got the stay of GMVN and here is the reception and I will show you how is the stay and what is the price, I will also show you, rest after this we will also go for darshan and what are the facilities here, I will tell you everything, just stay tuned in the video, you will get a lot of information. I will show you my stay at GMVN, here is the stay and there are total of 5+5 Beds are provided. There is sharing, there is no toilet, there is a point for charging and there are bulbs. Sometimes there is a power cut here, so this problem happens here and the sleeping bags are provided to you here, there is no blanket. You have to sleep in this only. So sometimes you feel cold, when the temperature becomes too low, sometimes you don't feel so much. Otherwise, overall it is a good stay. You have to go out of here for a washroom. How much is the price? This is what I have taken, last year I got it from this place for Rs. 400 but this time its rate has become Rs. 800 but along with this, you also get complimentary dinner, so this thing is available in this. Rest of the things are are also there, rooms etc. are of different categories, that also you will get them on the GMVN site, but I will show you from outside as well. The facility of washroom is not very good here and you will have to book GMVN rooms at least 2 months in advance. There are three different complexes of GMVN here, first is Nadi Complex in which I stayed, second is Sumeru and third is Swarg Rohini complex and Swarg Rohini is the best option to stay. Do you think I need to say something, no, back and forth, everywhere there the snow is so beautiful here and it is also said that our God Bholenath is settled in heaven and Bholenath is settled in heaven only, and it is very beautiful, it is very lovely. I have no words to say, I just want to go there for darshan quickly and let's go there also and see what kind of sight it is. It is amazing, it is awesome, whatever are those big words, all apply here. And slowly slowly, taking the taste of these beautiful views I proceeded towards the Kedarnath Dham. Some construction was also going on near the temple for Kedarnath ji's Dham, which was for a ropeway, and in the coming time, it will become easier to reach Kedarnath Dham from the ropeway. However, now that time has come when I reached extremely close to Baba Kedarnath. I have arrived at the Kedarnath Dham and Kedarnath Dham is something like this Here, this is the second day, although I had reached on the first day itself, but because of the evening, I had done the darshan but the video was not made, so I did the darshan yesterday evening itself and it was a very good darshan now Let me tell you what is there inside the temple. Inside the temple, there is Shivaji, we have his Shivalinga and at the same time, there is also the idol of Arjun ji, Yudhishthir ji, Nakul Sahdev and Lakshmi Narayan ji. Why is there no Bhim ji? I don't know, maybe it is not there because there is Bhim Shila in the back side, but there are something like this all around in the temple and the temple is made of old stones, there are very big stones, there is Lord Nandi in the middle, so this is the internal structure of the temple. The cameras etc. are not allowed inside, photo is not allowed, so when you come, have darshan yourself, if everything will be visible in the camera, then brother, how will it work. You come here and have darshan and you will have a very good darshan, rest about the expenses other important information will continue in the video. There are arrangements to stay around in Kedarnath Dham, which are almost full in the initial days and their rates also range from a minimum of Rs 2 to Rs 4000 per bed. Nearby hotels or the contact number of the lodge you can see in the video. Presently snowfall has started here and people have started moving back and forth but the crowd is still there. The beauty has become too much, that heavenly feeling has started happening here. And in such a situation, I would like to tell you the story of this place because many people have started coming here but they do not know the story of this place. Even if you know, still listen to it. It is said that Nar and Narayan, were two sage, they had done penance and had pleased Lord Shiva, then after that Shivaji's Jyotirlinga was established here and there is another story and that is that when the Mahabharata war was over, Pandavas were so sad that they killed their own brothers. Because of this, they wanted to be free from the sin, so they wanted to take blessings from Shiva Ji. But Shiva Ji did not want to meet them, he was also angry with them. So Shiva Ji started hiding for a while, and then something like this happened that he came here and the Pandavas came to know about this and among the Pandavas, Bhima came in his biggest form and stood with his legs spread and Shiva ji who was in the form of a buffalo was passing in between the buffaloes but how could he go under the legs of Bhima, since he was Lord Shiva so he stopped. Then Shiva was recognized and when they saw that Pandavas were doing so much, with so much dedication was in them, then he finally freed them from their sins and blessed them. And that's why there is a statue of Pandavas inside here and there is Shivlinga in the middle. Behind the Kedarnath temple, I saw many people setting up their own tents, so here you can bring your own tent if you want. But also do arrangements for cold because the temperature here goes down to minus degrees at night. As you all know, Kedarnath Dham is open only for 6 months in a year and generally in the month of April or in the starting period of May it opens and closes approximately two days after Diwali, on the day of Bhai Dooj. So the best time for you in this entire period is the time of starting i.e. May and June, this is a good time after this when monsoon arrives, it is risky to go during monsoon because there are a lot of landslides. After this, you can come here from the middle of September till the time it closes in October, so this can be the best time for you In the beginning, you will find more crowd, if you come later then you will find less. Kedarnath Dham is open from 5:00 am to 3:00 pm and after that from 5 or 6 pm, 8:00 to 10:00 pm it is open. I will also tell you which mobile networks are available in Kedarnath Dham. Airtel is also available here, Vodafone is also available and Jio is also available, sometimes some will do better, and sometimes some will do better. At present, here at this place, Jio's network was doing very well, but in the tent, Airtel's network was doing very well. So this time this network is doing well here, but the quality will not be very good, your network will be a little less. Rest, calling can be easily done. Rest it also depends on the weather, so it may vary accordingly. Many people also perform puja outside the temple but if you want to get special puja done in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple then for this you have to make paid booking whose details are in the description box. You can also have breakfast in GMVN for which you have to pay Rs 150, you get Poori, and potato and tomato along with a sweet. Tea is not included and it is not unlimited, there are only 4 pooris. According to me, it is not worthful. Rest, you can also try outside. Behind the temple, many people also take away the water offered to Shivling, and there is also Bhim Shila whose worship is also done. Here the Prasad can be bought from outside and the Prasad will range between f ₹ 50 to Rs 250. In Kedarnath Dham, for a one time meal you might have to pay around Rs 200. But the facility of Bhandaras is also available. This you do every day? Yes, every day for six months. What is the timing, sir? It is from morning 10 am to evening 6-7. Okay, so it is near the Swargarohini camp, please note down the timing. The maximum crowd for darshan in the temple is in the morning whereas in the evening between 7:00 and 8:00, you will find less crowd here, sometimes it may take up to 3-4 hours due to overcrowding. You can travel to Kedarnath Dham in three days, however, my preference would be that you do this journey in 4 days because it will be very fast in three days, but here I am going to tell you the complete plan for only 3 days. So on the first day, you leave from Haridwar directly for Gaurikund. If you want, you can also stop at Sonprayag, but if you stay at Gaurikund, it will be easier for you to climb early in the morning. On the second day, you will go from Gauri Gun towards Kedarnath Dham and climb it if you want on foot or whatever you want to take, mules, palanquin, Pothu, after this you can do darshan on the third day in the morning or you can do darshan on the second day in the evening when you reach. So on the third day after doing darshan you will come back down and go straight for Haridwar, it will be a bit hectic and long but it can be done because I have done it in three days. Now after this, if you do it by helicopter, it will still take you two or three days because you will go from Haridwar to Fata and you stay in Fata. Next day you will have darshan by helicopter and then after that you will come back after darshan, so it is possible that you can go back to Haridwar, maybe you might not be able to go. But generally it will take you 3 days. So this will be your total plan, that is, you can do it in 3 or 4 days. 4 days will be the preference, do it comfortably in 4 days. Now what will be your expenses. Since you can go from different mediums, so let me tell you the expense accordingly. If you go through bus, then it is cheapest for you. By bus, if you book a hotel, it will cost you around ₹ 2000 because you choose a low-budget hotel and I am considering two people, are going at least. So Rs 2000 will be the cost of the hotel and the same for your transportation i.e. bus will cost around ₹ 2000 because where you have to go, you have to go directly from Haridwar to Gaurikund and come back from Gaurikund, this is the cost and there will be some up and down charges. After this your meals cost will be around ₹ 1000, that is, if you are traveling by bus then it will cost Rs 5000. Second if you are traveling by car. I am considering that all four people are sitting in the car, so it can cost you, in the hotel if you take a little high standard then ₹ 3000 for the hotel along with ₹ 4000 for your transportation at least and after that your meals will cost around Rs 2000. If you make it total then it will cost around Rs 9000. After this, if you go by helicopter then your hotel expenses will be Rs 3000 and your transportation cost for car will be charged because you are going till Fata and that is around ₹ 3000 I am considering, on one person. There are 4 people in the car I am considering. After that comes your maximum cost of helicopter, if you are traveling from Guptkashi. If you do this then it will cost around ₹ 7740 for a round trip and after that your food etc. i.e. meals etc. will be around ₹ 2000. If you total it then your expenses will be around ₹ 15740. After this, there is another medium from which I went and that is on Scooty. The cost of Scooty will not be less for you. If you go by Scooty, then the hotel cost will be Rs 3000, then if you are hiring a Scooty then it will cost around Rs 1200 so it will be Rs 3600. And after that you will also put fuel in it. I had filled petrol worth about ₹ 1200 and after that it will cost you ₹ 2000 for food and drinks, so if we make a total of this then the total cost will be ₹ 9800. So I have made different budgets according to the budget of different people. People can go according to their budget. This journey is a bit costly and it is more in the beginning, maybe if you go later then the budget can be less and the rates can go up and down according to the season. If you go in the beginning then you will have to spend more later, i.e. if you go in September or October, you will have a little less budget. So overall this was the information and if you want any information, if there is any missing information in this video then you can visit the link in the description box and contact our travel consultancy. If you need information about any place, you will get it here. Overall, this was the information. Make sure, keep nature clean and green. 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