It's a very nice place to visit. However, I became very sick a couple days later. It started with the Delhi-belly but got much worse, some kind of virus which put me in a bed for about a week. After coming home, I thought about the foolish things I did there, like bathing in the hot spring before going for Puja in Badrinath. I realized people were coming from all over India and elsewhere to pray for healing of all kinds of disease and were bathing in the same hot spring I was in and in fairly close proximity. God knows what kind of viruses and bacteria were floating in that warm water that everybody was dipping in!
On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:02 PM, Pundit Sir <pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: Char-dhama - Badrinath http://www.harekrsna.com/sun/features/08-12/features2552.htm The image of Shri Badri Narayana at Badrika, Himalayas, India, which lies on the right bank of the river Alaknanda, is fashioned out of a Saligram stone. Shri Badri Narayana is seated under the badari tree, flanked by Kubera and Garuda, Narada, Narayana and Nara. Lord Badri Narayan is armed with Conch and Chakra in two arms in a lifted posture and two more arms rested on the lap in Yoga Mudra. There is also a shrine to Adi Shankara, and the procedures of daily poojas and rituals are supposed to have been prescribed by Adi Sankara. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Pundit Sir <pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: My Journey to India 2011 - Badarikashrama - The Mountain Home of God > > > > > > >"At holy places you don’t have to wait for miracles – they are all around you." > > >Diaries by Sacinandana Swami: >http://www.sacinandanaswami.com/en/s1a23/diaries-by-sacinandana-swami/my-journey-to-india-2011-badarikashrama-the-mountain-home-of-god.html > > > > >On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: > >A broad stairway leads up to a tall arched gateway, which is the main >entrance. The architecture resembles a Buddhist vihara (temple), with the >brightly painted facade also more typical of Buddhism temples. >> >> >> >> >> >> >>The main shrine houses the 1 m (3.3 ft) Shaligram (black stone) image of >>Badrinarayan, housed in a gold canopy, under a Badri Tree. The image of >>Badari Narayan is armed with Shankh (conch) and Chakra (wheel) in two of his >>arms in a lifted posture and two arms rested on the lap in Yogamudra posture. >> >> >>Vishnu in the form of Badrinath, is depicted in the temple sitting in >>padmasana posture. According to the legend, Vishnu was chastised by a sage >>who saw Vishnu's consort Lakshmi massaging his feet. Vishnu went to Badrinath >>to perform austerity, meditating for a long time in padmasana. >> >> >>Source: >> >> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badrinath_temple >
