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Yamunotri Temple

Yamunotri (3,293 m), Uttarakhand · 31.0140°, 78.4600°

Goddess YamunaGarhwal (Tehri)NagaraChota Char Dham
Sacred since
1839 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
19th c.; rebuilt after quake damage
patron: Sudarshan Shah; Pratap Shah

History & significance

Westernmost of the Chota Char Dham, source-shrine of the Yamuna beneath the Bandarpunch massif. Pilgrims cook rice in cloth bundles in the boiling Surya Kund spring and carry it home as prasad; the Divya Shila rock pillar is honoured before the goddess herself.

Sthala katha — the legend

Yamuna is daughter of Surya and sister of Yama, lord of death — bathing in her waters is said to spare one a tortured death, and on Bhai Dooj her devotion to her brother is honoured across India.

Reaching there

6 km trek from Janki Chatti (via Barkot).

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Related sites

Kedarnath Temple
Kedarnath (3,583 m) · India
present structure attributed 8th c. (Adi Shankara era)
Badrinath Temple
Badrinath (3,133 m) · India
re-established 8th–9th c.; facade rebuilt by Garhwal kings
Gangotri Temple
Gangotri (3,100 m) · India
early 19th c.

Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-26 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Garhwal (Tehri)