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About this circuit
The Chār Dhām are the four great abodes at the cardinal quarters of Bharat: Badarīnātha in the north, Dvārakā in the west, Purī in the east and Rāmeśvaram in the south. Tradition associates the circuit with Ādi Śaṅkara, and completing all four is held to be among the greatest of pilgrimages. Three dhāmas are Vaiṣṇava; one, Rāmeśvaram, is Śaiva. (The Himalayan 'Chota Char Dham' of Uttarakhand — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath — is a distinct circuit that shares only Badrinath.)
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- Oral tradition Chār Dhām pilgrimage tradition
The circuit
- 1 · North
Shri Badrinath Temple
Badarīnātha MandiraBadrinath, Uttarakhand - 2 · West
Dwarkadhish Temple (Jagat Mandir)
Dvārakādhīśa MandiraDwarka, Gujarat - 3 · East
Shree Jagannatha Temple, Puri
Śrī Jagannātha Mandira, PurīPuri, Odisha - 4 · South
Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram
Rāmanāthasvāmī Kōvil, RāmeśvaramRameswaram (Pamban Island), Tamil Nadu