The Char Dham is a set of four pilgrims inside India Hindu’s belief that visiting these four sites helps achieve “Moksha”. It comprises Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri, and Rameswaram. It is considered by Hindus that every Hindu must visit Char Dham once during his lifetime. According to Hindu Dharma Badrinath became prominent when Narnarayan an avatar of Vishnu did Tapasya there and at that time that place was filled with berry trees in the Sanskrit language berry named as “Badri” so place called Badrinath the lord of berry forest. Badrinath is the first Dham to visit.
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The Second Place is Rameswaram, It got its importance when in Treta Yug Lord Rama built a Shiva lingam here and worshiped to get the blessing of Lord Shiva. The name Rameswaram means Rama’s Lord. It is considered that couples who don’t have kids if visit this place will be blessed with Kids.
The third Dham Dwarka got its importance in Dwapara Yug when Lord Krishna made Dwarka his residence instead of Mathura his birthplace. The Dwarkadhish temple also known as Jagat Mandir and temple is located in Dwarka (Gujrat). The main shine of five stories building supported by 72 pillars is known as Jagat Mandir.
The fourth one Puri has got his own significance, lord Vishnu worshiped here as Jagannath which is his avatar for Kali Yug. Puri is famous for its annual Rath Jatra and the festival of Chariot in which the three princes or diaries are pulled on huge and decorated temple Charts. Unlike stone and metal icons found in most Hindu temples the image of Jagannath is made of wood and ceremoniously replaced every 12 or 19 years by an exact replica.
