Pilgrimage and yatra calendar

Every yatra, A to Z

Customs, darshan notes and closures from each trek guide.

• Adi Kailash

  Temple doors open and closeNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  • Yatra season opens (Inner Line Permits from about 1 May) (May)
  • Yatra closes for winter (Nov)

  Inner Line Permits are issued by the Dharchula SDM only in the yatra season. Permits are suspended every monsoon because of landslides on the Dharchula–Lipulekh road (from early July 2026 “until further orders”).

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Ahobilam

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Andhra Pradesh

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  Upper Ahobilam temples close around 4 pm, so start early.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Ajoba

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  Maharashtra

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Ali Bedni Bugyal

  Walk in season

  Uttarakhand

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  Bedni Kund, the holy pond and Mata Nanda Devi shrine, lies on the Nanda Devi Raj Jat route.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Ambaji Durga

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Karnataka

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Anjaneri

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  Maharashtra

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Anusuya Devi

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  • Dattatreya Jayanti mela (Dec)

  Darshan of Mata Anusuya, wife of Atri Muni. The katha of how she turned Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh into infants is honoured each December at the Dattatreya Jayanti mela; devotees walk up even in frost and snow.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Bansi Narayan

  Fixed-date yatraNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  The temple doors open once a year, on Raksha Bandhan (Shravan Purnima), from morning until sunset, when women of Urgam and Kalgot climb up to tie rakhi to Bhagwan Narayan. You can walk to the temple in any open season, but darshan inside the sanctum is only on that day.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Beas Kund

  Walk in season

  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Bhadraj Hill

  Walk in season

  Uttarakhand

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  • Bhadraj Mela (around 15–17 August) (Aug)

  The temple is dedicated to Bhagwan Balbhadra (Balram), elder brother of Bhagwan Krishna. The annual mela in mid-August draws large numbers of devotees.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Bhavishya Badri

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  Bhavishya Badri means “the Badri of the future”: the katha recorded by the Chamoli district says that at the close of Kali Yuga Bhagwan Badrinath will be worshipped here.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Bhimashankar

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Maharashtra

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  The Forest Department has closed monsoon trails in the sanctuary in past seasons; check with the range office before a monsoon walk.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Bhrigu Lake

  Walk in season

  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Bijli Mahadev

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Binsar

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Brahmagiri Trimbakeshwar

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Maharashtra

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  Crowds are heavy on festival days and around the Simhastha Kumbh Mela at Trimbakeshwar; start early.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Chamundi Hills

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Karnataka

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  During Ashada in 2026 the step route was open only from 5 am to 5 pm; check the timings before an early climb.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Chandan Vandan

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Maharashtra

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  • Shravan festival at the Mahadev mandir on Chandan (Jul)

  In the Shravan month (about July) villages hold a festival at the Mahadev mandir on Chandan, and the festival days are crowded.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Charang Valley

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Chauragarh

  Walk in season

  Madhya Pradesh

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  • Mahashivratri mela (Feb–Mar)

  The Mahashivratri mela brings tens of thousands of devotees up the hill, with queues of several hours; Mondays and the Shravan month are also crowded.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Chipla Kedar

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Chopta Chandrashila

  Temple doors open and close

  Uttarakhand

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  • Tungnath kapat open (Apr–May)
  • Tungnath kapat close after Diwali and Bhai Dooj (Nov)

  The doors of Tungnath close for winter in early-to-mid November on a day the Badri-Kedar Temple Committee announces each year (6 November in 2025), and reopen in late April or early May. In winter Bhagwan Tungnath is worshipped at the Markandeya (Markateshwar) Temple, Makkumath. The trail to Chandrashila stays open in winter, but there is no darshan at Tungnath until the doors open again.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Churdhar

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  The kapat of the Churdhar temple close for winter and the Sangrah administration bars the walk from about December until April.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Dainkund Peak

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Darati Pass

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Darcha to Padum

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Devarayanadurga

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Karnataka

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Devi Darshan

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  • Chandrabadni mela (Apr)

  Chandrabadni on Chandrakoot hill, where the badan of Mata Sati fell; the shrine holds a Shri Yantra carved on stone, and a large mela is held each April.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Deviramma Betta

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Karnataka

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  The hilltop shrine opens for darshan only on Naraka Chaturdashi, the day before Deepavali. In 2025 it opened on 19 and 20 October; for 2026 the jatre listing gives 8 November — confirm with the temple trust’s announcement.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Dhak Bahiri

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Maharashtra

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Dhauladhar Lakes

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Dibbagiri Betta

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Karnataka

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  The walk starts inside a BSF campus; carry government photo ID — entry is allowed only from 6 am to 6 pm.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Dodital

  Walk in season

  Uttarakhand

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Dudhatoli

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Gaumukh Tapovan

  Walk in season

  Uttarakhand

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  Gangotri National Park is closed to visitors from 30 November to 31 March.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Harishchandragad

  Walk in season

  Maharashtra

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Hatu Peak

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Hemkund Sahib

  Temple doors open and closeNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  • Portals open (date set by the Gurudwara Trust) (May)
  • Yatra closes for winter (Oct)

  The gurdwara and the yatra are open only in the summer season set each year by the Gurudwara Shri Hemkunt Sahib Management Trust; in 2026 the portals opened on 23 May and the yatra closed on 10 October.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Hulukudi Betta

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Karnataka

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Jalsu Pass

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kabbaladurga

  Walk in season

  Karnataka

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kagbhusandi Tal

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kali Cho Pass

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kalishila

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kalpeshwar

  Temple doors open and closeNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  The only Panch Kedar temple whose doors stay open all year, so winter pilgrims can still have darshan. From November to April snow can block the Urgam valley road for days; check in Joshimath.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kalsubai

  Walk in season

  Maharashtra

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  A small temple of Kalsubai Devi on the summit is open all year. The Forest Department has banned entry in some monsoons (to 10 August in 2025); check with the Bhandardara range office.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kamrunag

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  The Sarnahuli fair at the lake is held in mid-June each year.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Karol Tibba

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  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kartik Swami

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  Uttarakhand

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  The sanctum opens only after about 7:30 am, so wait for darshan after sunrise.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kedarnath

  Temple doors open and close

  Uttarakhand

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  • Kapat open (date announced on Mahashivratri at Ukhimath) (Apr–May)
  • Kapat close for winter on Bhai Dooj (Oct–Nov)

  The kapat of Shri Kedarnath Dham opened on 22 April 2026; the closing is expected around Bhai Dooj in November 2026 and is announced by the Badri-Kedar Temple Committee. In winter Baba Kedar’s doli is worshipped at the Omkareshwar Temple, Ukhimath. Char Dham Yatra registration is mandatory and free.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kedarnath Vasuki Tal

  Temple doors open and closeNot yet fact-checked

  Uttarakhand

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  Follows the Kedarnath season: the kapat close around Bhai Dooj and reopen in late April or May, and in winter the path to the lake is snowbound and closed. Kedarnath Yatra registration is mandatory.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kheerganga

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kinner Kailash

  Walk in seasonNot yet fact-checked

  Himachal Pradesh

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  The yatra runs only in a window set each year by the Kinnaur district administration, with registration and a medical check. In 2026 it ran from 30 July to 10 August from Tangling, with a second window from 17 to 23 August by the Purwani route.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kunagalu Betta

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kunjapuri

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Kuppar Bugyal

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Lambari Top

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Lonar Crater

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Madmaheshwar

  Temple doors open and close

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  21 May 2025 — Kapat of Shri Madmaheshwar opened Source: Punjab Kesari

  • Kapat open (second half of May) (May)
  • Kapat close for winter (date announced around Vijayadashami) (Nov)

  Dates are fixed each year at the Omkareshwar Temple, Ukhimath, where Bhagwan Madmaheshwar’s doli stays in winter. In August 2026 the Rudraprayag administration suspended the yatra from 7 to 19 August after a fatal fall — check with the district before going in the monsoon.

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• Mahendragiri

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Makalidurga

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  Online booking on the Forest Department’s Aranya Vihaara portal is mandatory.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Malanggad

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Mandani Valley

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Mangi Tungi

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Manimahesh Lake

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  The Manimahesh yatra runs in a window set each year by the Chamba district administration, with online registration and an e-pass. In 2026 registration covered journeys from 25 August to 20 September, with a daily cap of about 5,000 pilgrims.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Mantalai Lake

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Markandeya Fort

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Matanga Hill

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Mayali Pass

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Mullayanagiri

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  Since July 2025 the district has limited vehicles on the summit road to two daily slots; check locally before driving up.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Muthurayaswamy Betta

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Nachiketa Tal

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  Villagers of Chaurangi, Dikholi and Saundi gather for a mela at the Nag Devta temple on the shore on Nag Panchami.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Nag Tibba

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Nanda Devi Raj Jat

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  5–25 September 2026 — Nanda Lok Jat (held every year): Mata Nanda’s doli from Siddhpeeth Kurud to Devrara Source: Amar Ujala

  The Raj Jat is held about once every 12 years; the last began from Nauti in 2014. The Raj Jat committee has announced the next for 2027, with the day-wise schedule (dinpatta) to be issued on Vasant Panchami 2027 — do not plan on fixed dates until then.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Nandanvan

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  Gangotri National Park is open only from 1 April to 30 November.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Nandi Hills

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Nandi Kund

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  Madmaheshwar Temple and the village lodges close for winter.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Narayanagiri

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Neelkanth Mahadev Lake

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Neelkanth Mahadev Rishikesh

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  • Shravan Kanwar Yatra (Jul–Aug)
  • Maha Shivratri (Feb–Mar)

  In Shravan (July–August) huge crowds of Kanwariyas walk to the temple for Shravan Shivratri; expect long darshan queues and road traffic rules. Maha Shivratri also brings very large crowds.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Panch Kedar

  Temple doors open and close

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  • Rudranath closes first (mid-October), then Tungnath, Madhyamaheshwar and Kedarnath (November) (Oct–Nov)

  The four high Kedars close for winter and their utsav dolis are worshipped at Ukhimath, Makkumath and Gopeshwar; only Kalpeshwar stays open all year. An October yatra must reach Rudranath first.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Pandharpur Wari

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  8–24 July 2026 — Sant Dnyaneshwar Maharaj palkhi, Alandi to Pandharpur Source: Punekar News

  25 July 2026 — Ashadhi Ekadashi darshan of Bhagwan Vitthal at Pandharpur Source: Tirtha Yatra

  A fixed-date yatra, not a trek you can do any week: the palkhi leaves Alandi on a date set by the Hindu calendar to reach Pandharpur for Ashadhi Ekadashi. Check the palkhi sohala schedule each year.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Panpatia Col

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Panwali Kantha

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Prashar Lake

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Purnagiri

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  • Purnagiri mela (from Vishuwat Sankranti, about forty days) (Mar–Apr)

  The temple is visited all year. Chaitra Navratri in March–April, when the mela is held, is the most auspicious and the most crowded time; go early and keep children close on the stairs.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Raireshwar

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Rudranath

  Temple doors open and close

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  • Kapat open (mid to late May) (May)
  • Kapat close for winter (mid-October) (Oct)

  In 2026 the doors opened on 18 May; operators report 17 October 2026 as the closing date. In winter Bhagwan Rudranath is worshipped at the Gopinath Temple, Gopeshwar. A forest trek permit is needed; the Char Dham registration does not cover Rudranath.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Sajjangad

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  The fort is open to devotees from about 5 am to 9 pm; the Samarth Seva Mandal serves Mahaprasad and offers rooms. Festival days such as Shiv Jayanti bring large crowds.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Saptarishi Kund

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  The route climbs from Shri Yamunotri Dham, so it follows the Yamunotri kapat: open from Akshaya Tritiya, closed for winter from Bhai Dooj. Char Dham Yatra registration is required.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Satopanth Lake

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Savandurga

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  Booking on the Forest Department’s Aranya Vihaara portal is mandatory; in 2026 the portal blocked dates from 15 May to 31 August.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Shali Tibba

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Shikari Devi

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  The temple and the trek are closed every winter by order of the Thunag sub-division administration, usually from mid or late November until March.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Shivagange

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Siddalingeshwara Betta

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Sin La Pass

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  Needs the Inner Line Permit issued at Dharchula, which was suspended in the 2025 and 2026 monsoons.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Skandagiri

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  Booking on the Aranya Vihaara portal is required; the 2026 portal blocked every date from 16 May to 31 August for the monsoon.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Surkanda Devi

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  • Ganga Dussehra mela (May–Jun)

  The temple is open all year. Ganga Dussehra (May–June) and Navratri bring thousands of devotees for the mela and puja.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Tirath

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Triyuginarayan

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Tungareshwar

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Valley of Flowers and Hemkund Sahib

  Temple doors open and close

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  • National park opens on 1 June (Jun)
  • National park closes on 31 October (Oct)

  The Valley of Flowers National Park is open to visitors only from 1 June to 31 October; for the rest of the year it is snowbound and closed. Camping is not allowed in the valley.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Vasudhara Falls

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  The walk follows the Badrinath yatra season and is possible only while the kapat of Shri Badrinath Dham are open, about May to October or November. From December to April the area is under snow.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Vasuki Tal

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  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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• Yamunotri

  Temple doors open and close

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  19 April 2026 — Kapat of Shri Yamunotri Dham opened on Akshaya Tritiya Source: ETV Bharat

  • Kapat open on Akshaya Tritiya (Apr)
  • Kapat close for winter on Bhai Dooj (Oct–Nov)

  In winter Maa Yamuna’s doli stays at Kharsali (Khushimath), where darshan continues. Char Dham Yatra registration is mandatory.

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• Yulla Kanda

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  Himachal Pradesh

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  A Janmashtami yatra to the Shri Krishna temple at the lake is held each year with the district administration and the temple committee.

  Dates are announced each year — check the temple committee or the official portal before you travel.

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