Budhakedar

Situated at bank of river BALGANGA and DHARMGANGA. It is well known for Ancient kedar known as BUDHAKEDAR. Our easth Dev GURUKAILAPEER and Ma JWALAMUKHI always protect our village and Surroundings from all adverse conditions. Budha Kedar used to be an important halting place during the days when the pilgrimage used to be done on foot & pilgrims returning from Gangotri enroute to Kedarnath used to stay here. There is a very old temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Buses are available from Tehri.

The famous Masatral, 3225mts. above sea level, is 16kms. from here. The trek is enjoyable but one has to make own arrangements for camping. This temple is situated at the confluence of the Bal Ganga and Dharam Ganga rivers, at a motorable distance of 59 kms. from Tehri. It is believed that Duyodhan offered tarpana here. According to legends, it is at this temple that the Pandavas encountered Rishi Balkhily at Bhrigu Parvat when they were on the lookout for Shiva after the Kurukshetra battle. The Rishi directed them to the site of the confluence to meet an old manmeditating there. But when the Pandava got there, the old man vanished and instead, a shivling appeared there. Rishi Balkhily instructed the Pandavas to embrace the Shivling in order to free themselves from their sins. Their impressions are stamped on this Shivling the biggest Shivling in northen India.

The Buda Kedar Temple is located at the confluence of rivers Bal Ganga and Dharam Ganga and is about 59 Km by motorable distance from New Tehri. The legendary Duryodhana of Mahabharata is believed to have offered Tarpana here. As the legend goes, during Mahabharata era, Pandavas after the battle of Kurukshetra went on a lookout for Lord Shiva. In their journey, they encountered Rishi Balkhily at Bhrigu Parvat. The Rishi directed the Pandavas to the site of confluence to meet an old man who wa