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Temple tour of Chopta Region in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand is also known as “Devbhumi”  because of the temples and belief system of Uttarakhand folks.The worshiping of God in different form in different region and villages is remarkable.The rituals are different and each individual is Divotee of Lord Shiva other than the their East Devta. It’s been said that Guru Adi Sankaracharya built most of the temples in 8th Century. The Architect of the temples is same everywhere, the use of stone, no plaster and extremely beautifully carved stones are marvelous. Temple is an attraction and to know its History is another interesting story and the location of the temples chosen has also significant  role to understand  and the beauty of Himalayas, Snowcaped peaks, snowfall, treks , wild life all these glimpses in Uttarakhand attracts the Tourist, Divotees, Trekers, Adventure lovers, Hisotians, Wildlife lovers etc. Chopta Valley comes under Kedarkhand which named after Kedarnath Math. There is History behind five panch Kedar temples in Kedarkhand at different location. The First panch kedar is –Kedarnath Temple, second one is Madmaheshwar, Third one Tungnath , Fourth one  is Rudranath and the last is Kalpeshwar Mahadev. There are other temples where the worship is being done in winters when the doors of these temples closed due to heavy snowfalls and the Idol is shifted to designated temple. Lot more to describe about the temples of Uttarakhand. Welcome to Chopta House Hotel and Restaurant and start your temple tours of Kedarkhand .