Yamunotri

E39760

Hindu holy place Hindu pilgrimage site temple town

Yamunotri is a revered Hindu pilgrimage site in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India, known as one of the Char Dham and the high-altitude temple area associated with the origin of the Yamuna River.

Aliases (2)

Yamunotri Glacier ×2
Gauri Kund ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu holy place → Hindu pilgrimage site → temple town →
accessMode	by palanquin → by pony → on foot →
administrativeState	Uttarakhand →
associatedWith	source of the Yamuna River →
associatedWithDeity	Surya → Yama →
associatedWithGoddess	Yamuna →
associatedWithMythology	sage Asit Muni →
charDhamSequence	traditionally first stop in the Char Dham yatra of Uttarakhand →
country	India →
dedicatedToDeity	goddess Yamuna →
elevation	approximately 3293 metres above sea level →
glacierAltitude	about 4421 metres →
hasCategory	Char Dham temples → Hindu pilgrimage sites in Uttarakhand → Yamuna River basin →
hasHotSpring	Gauri Kund → Surya Kund →
hasTemple	Yamunotri Temple →
knownFor	high-altitude temple of goddess Yamuna → origin area of the Yamuna River → part of Himalayan Char Dham circuit →
locatedIn	Garhwal Himalayas → Uttarakhand →
locatedInDistrict	Uttarkashi district →
locatedInMountainRange	Himalayas →
locatedNearGlacier	Champasar Glacier →
locatedOn	left bank of the Yamuna River →
locatedOnRiver	Yamuna River →
mainDeity	Yamuna idol →
nearestMajorTown	Barkot →
nearestRoadHead	Janki Chatti →
partOf	Char Dham of Uttarakhand → Chota Char Dham → Garhwal region →
pilgrimageSeason	late April to early November →
religion	Hinduism →
ritualPractice	cooking rice and potatoes in hot springs as prasad →
stateCapitalNearest	Dehradun →
templeClosing	on Diwali →
templeOpening	on Akshaya Tritiya →
tourismType	religious tourism → trekking destination →
trekDistanceFromRoadHead	about 5 kilometres →
winterSeatOfDeity	Kharsali village →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jamuna ("Yamunotri Glacier") → Yamuna →	sourceLocation
Garhwal →	contains
Yamunotri ("Gauri Kund") →	hasHotSpring
Uttarakhand →	pilgrimageSite
Uttarakhand ("Yamunotri Glacier") →	riverSourceLocatedIn