Shiva is worshipped in the form of Shivling in Kedarnath Temple . The hump of the bull is that is
worshipped in the temple. It is in the form of a canonical rock. Kedar is one
among the numerous names of Shiva.
Holy Places in Kedarnath Temple
A large murti of Nandi bull stands as guard outside the
temple door.
Water used to worship the murti at Kedarnath temple gets
collected at the Udak Kund and this water is considered as charnamrit and
devotees collect it.
The temple also has Goddess Parvati, Ganesha, and
Ishaneshwar as subsidiary deities in the parikarama area of the temple.
People wishing to perform panda daan for ancestors can do it
at the Hansa Kund near the shrine.
Retas Kund is a unique water body in the vicinity of the
temple. When devotees shout Har Har Mahadev they can see bubbles appearing in
the kund.
Shankaracharya Samadhi or the final resting place of Adi
Shankaracharya is located behind the temple.
At walk-able distance is a shrine dedicated to Bhairavnath –
the main Gana of Shiva.
At an altitude of 3581 meters, the temple is located at the
head of the Mandakini
River and is around 14 km
trek from Gaurikund.
Kedarnath is also part of the Panch Kedar Temples – Temples where the
Pandavas attempted to have darshan of Shiva.
The temple is only open for darshan from first week of May
to the first week of November. During winter season the temple is covered in
snow. The murti of Shiva is carried to Ukimath for worship during winter
season.
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