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Encyclopedia Britannica



BADRINATH

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 190 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: AUD-BAI
BADRINATH , a
village
  and celebrated temple in British India, in the Garhwal
district
  of the United Provinces. It is situated on the right bank of the Vishnuganga, a tributary of the Alaknanda river, in the middle of a valley nearly 4 M. in length and r in breadth. The
village
  is small, containing only twenty or thirty huts, in which reside the Brahmans and the attendants of the temple. This building, which is considered a place of high sanctity, is by no means equal to its
great
  celebrity. It is about 40 or 50 ft. in height, built in the form of a
cone
 , with a small cupola, on the top of which is a gilt ball and spire, and contains the shrine of Badrinath, dedicated to an incarnation of
Vishnu
 . The
principal
  idol is of black stone and is 3 ft. in height. Badrinath is a favourite resort of pilgrims from all parts of India. In
ordinary
  years the number varies from 7000 to ro,000; but every twelfth year, when the festival of Kumbhmela is celebrated, the concourse of persons is said to be 50,000. In addition to the gifts of votaries, the temple enjoys a further source of revenue from the rents of villages assigned by former rajas. Successive temples have been shattered by avalanches, and the existing building is
modern
 . It is situated among mountains rising 23,000 ft. above the level of the sea.
Elevation
  of the site of the temple, 10,294 ft.


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