Your options for the Chardham Tour Packages


Chardham yatra is believed to be one of the loftiest spiritual expeditions for the Hindus. All Hindus yearn to embark on this spiritual tour and catch a glimpse of the four extremely holy abodes of God in hope of getting the much sought-after ‘moksha’. The religious expedition to the Chardhams is believed to purge one of his or her mortal sins, purify the mind and lead one towards moksha or spiritual salvation of the soul from the vicious cycle of birth and rebirth. The great spiritual guru, Adi Shankaracharya had conceptualized the ‘Chardhams’ as the four major centers of Hindu religious activities. Today, the popularity and spiritual significance of Chota Chardhams or Uttarakhand Chardhams are no less when compared to the greater India circuit Chardham. The various tour operators focusing on Chardham Yatra offer a plethora of options when it comes to Chardham Yatra Packages and selecting a options Chardham tour packages as per your choice isn’t much of a problem. So, if you are interested in setting out for the Chardhams, check out the options you have-

The Standard ‘Chardham’ or ‘Four’ Dham Yatra Package
The Chardham stand for the four Dhams of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath. Visiting all the four Dhams lets you complete the Chardham yatra successfully. The package takes you on a Chardham religious tour starting from the Yamunotri Dham followed by Gangotri Dham, next Kedarnath Dham and finally the Badrinath Dham. It takes nearly 11 days to complete this Chardham yatra and your journey will include both cab travel and rigorous treks. If you are scared of the treks you can opt for the more convenient, less time-consuming Chardham helicopter yatra package. The yatra starts from Dehradun helipad and takes you on a helicopter tour of all the four Dhams before leaving you back to Dehradun helipad again.

The Do Dham Yatra Package

Do Dham Yatra

The ‘do Dham’ yatra package consists in a pilgrimage of any of the two Dhams. It could be like a Yamunotri-Gangotri do Dham yatra package or Kedarnath-Badrinath do Dham yatra package. Pilgrims usually choose the do Dham yatra as per their personal religious preferences and mostly when they have personal time crunch issues. Tour operators also offer helicopter do Dham yatra options for people who do not wish to follow the conventional yatra pattern.

The Ek Dham Yatra Package

Badrinath Dham

Those who wish to visit only one of the Chardham shrines could avail the Ek Dham yatra package which could include tours such as Yamunotri Ek Dham yatra or Gangotri Ek Dham yatra or Kedarnath Ek Dham yatra or Badrinath Ek Dham yatra. The Ek Dham yatra to is selected by people as per their religious preference and availability of time at hand. Tour operators offer helicopter yatra facility for Ek Dham yatra too.

Panch Kedar Yatra Package

Panch Kedar

The five highly revered Lord Shiva shrines spread across the Garhwal Himalayas are collectively referred to as ‘Panch Kedars’. If you avail the Panch Kedar yatra package you’ll be taken on a tour of the ‘5’ Kedar shrines, namely Kedarnath, Tungnath, Rudranath, Kalpeshwar, and Madhyamaheshwar. The route to Panch Kedar isn’t easy. There are difficult trekking trails across rugged terrain. Before opting for this yatra package, you must consider the same.

Panch Badri Yatra Package

Panch Badri

There are five holy shrines dedicated to Badri Narayan or Lord Vishnu spread across the Garhwal Himalayas. If you avail the Panch Badri yatra package you can embark on a tour of these 5 famed Badri shrines, namely Badrinath, Adi Badri, Bhavishya Badri, Yogdhyan Badri and Vridh Badri. The route of Panch Badri pilgrimage trip requires seasoned trekking skills on the part of the traveler. Thus, before opting for this yatra package you are advised to consider the same.

Panch Prayag yatra Package

Panch Prayag

If you avail the Panch Prayag yatra package you will be taken on a tour of the five sacred river confluences namely, Vishnuprayag Nandprayag Karnaprayag Rudraprayag Devprayag. Each of these Prayags come with great spiritual and mythological associations and taking a holy dip at the confluence point is believed to be an important religious rite capable of cleansing one of the mortal sins. Thus, panch Prayag yatra is an important spiritual tour which many of the pilgrims choose to undertake.

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