Route
The classical four-cornered Hindu pilgrimage of India — Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri, and Rameswaram.
Attributed to Adi Shankara’s unifying vision: north, west, east, and south Vishnu–Shiva shrines framing the subcontinent.
4 mapped anchors on the circuit.
1BadrinathIndiaNorthern Char Dham temple of Vishnu in the Garhwal Himalaya.
2DwarkaIndiaWestern Char Dham city of Krishna — Dwarkadhish Temple on the Arabian Sea.
3Jagannath Temple, PuriIndiaEastern Char Dham temple of Jagannath — famous for the annual Rath Yatra.
4RameswaramIndiaIsland temple of Ramanathaswamy — southern Char Dham and Jyotirlinga on the tip of India.
