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Char Dham - the road to Moksha or Salvation
The Char Dham (meaning: four abodes) is a set of four pilgrimage sites in India.It is believed that visiting these sites helps achieve moksha (salvation). The four Dhams are, Badrinath, Dwaraka, Puri and Rameswaram. It is believed that every Hindu should visit the Char Dhams during one's lifetime. Lets know a little more about each of the char dhams in the followed stashes.
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Badrinath- the first dham and its history
According to Hindu belief, Badrinath became prominent when Nar-Narayan, an avatar of Vishnu, did Tapasya there. At that time that place was filled with berry trees. In the Sanskrit language, berries are called "badri", so the place was named Badrika-Van, i.e. the forest of berries. The particular spot where the Nar-Narayan did Tapasya, a large berry tree formed covering Him to save Him from the rain and the sun. Local people believe that Mata Lakshmi became the berry tree to save Lord Narayan. This all happened in the Satya Yuga. So Badrinath came to be known as the first Dham.
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Badrinath- the first of four dhams
- Badrinath is located in the state of Uttarakhand. It is in the Garhwal hills, on the banks of the Alaknanda River.
- Of the four Maths established by Adi Shankaracharya, Joshimath is the winter seat of Chardham.
- While the three other Dhams remain open throughout the year, Badrinath Dham only remains open for pilgrims' darshan from April to October each year.
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Rameswaram - the second dham
- The second place Rameswaram got its importance in the Treta Yuga when Lord Rama built a Shiva-Lingam here and worshiped it to get the blessings of Lord Shiva. The name Rameswaram means 'God of Ram'.
- Located in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is situated in the Gulf of Mannar at the tip of the Indian peninsula. According to legends this is the place where Lord Ram along with his brother Laxman and devotee Hanuman built a bridge(Rama Setu)to reach Sri Lanka to rescue his wife Sita who had been abducted earlier by Ravan the ruler of Sri Lanka
- Ramanatha Swamy Temple occupies major space.
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Dwarka- the third dham
- The third, Dhaam Dwarka, got its importance in the Dvapara Yuga when Lord Krishna made Dwarka His residence
- Dwarka located in the west is in the state of Gujarat, country India. The city derives its name from the word "dvar" meaning door or gate in the Sanskrit language.
- It is generally believed that due to damage and destruction by the sea, Dvaraka had submerged six times and modern day Dwarka is the 7th such city to be built in the area.
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Puri - the fourth dham
- At the fourth, Puri Dhaam, Lord Vishnu is worshiped as Jagannath, his Avtar for Kali Yuga.
- Puri located at the east, is located in the state of Odisha, India. Puri is one of the oldest cities in the eastern part of the country.
- It is the only shrine in India, where goddess, Subhadra, sister of Lord Krishna is worshipped along with her brothers, Lord Jagannatha and Lord Balabhadra.
- Puri is the site of the Govardhana Matha, one of the four cardinal institutions or Mathas converted by Adi Shankaracharya.
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