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Badrinath or Badrinarayan Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu which is situated in the town of Badrinath in Uttarakhand, India. The temple and town form one of the four Char Dham and Chota Char Dham pilgrimage sites. The temple is also one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Badrinathholy shrines for Vaishnavites. It is open for six months every year (between the end of April and the beginning of November), because of extreme weather conditions in the Himalayan region. The temple is located in Garhwal hill tracks in Chamoli district along the banks of Alaknanda River at an elevation of above the mean sea level. It is one of the most visited pilgrimage centres of India, having recorded 1,060,000 visits. The image of the presiding deity worshipped in the temple is a tall, black stone statue of Vishnu in the form of Badrinarayan. The statue is considered by many Hindus to be one of eight ''swayam vyakta kshetras'', or self-manifested statues of Vishnu.〔Sen Gupta 2002, p. 32〕 Mata Murti Ka Mela, which commemorates the descent of river Ganges on mother earth, is the most prominent festival celebrated in the Badrinath Temple. Although Badrinath is located in North India, the head priest, or Rawal, is traditionally a Nambudiri Brahmin chosen from the South Indian state of Kerala. The temple was included in the Uttar Pradesh state government Act No. 30/1948 as Act no. 16,1939, which later came to be known as Shri Badarinath and Shri Kedarnath Mandir Act. The committee nominated by the state government administers both the temples and has seventeen members on its board. The temple is mentioned in ancient religious texts like ''Vishnu Purana'' and ''Skanda Purana''. It is glorified in the ''Divya Prabandha'', an early medieval Tamil canon of the Azhwar saints from the 6th–9th centuries AD. ==Location, architecture, and shrines== The temple is located in Garhwal hill tracks along the banks of the Alaknanda River in Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, a state in North India. The hill tracks are located above the mean sea level. The Nar Parbat mountain is located opposite to the temple, while the Narayana Parbat is located behind the Neelakanta peak.〔Nair 2007, pp. 67–68〕 The temple has three structures: the Garbhagriha (sanctum), the Darshan Mandap (worship hall), and Sabha Mandap (convention hall).〔〔〔 The conical-shaped roof of the sanctum, the ''garbhagriha'', is approximately tall with a small cupola on top, covered with a gold gilt roof.〔〔Nautiyal 1962, p. 110〕 The facade is built of stone and has arched windows. A broad stairway leads up to the main entrance, a tall, arched gateway. Just inside is a mandap, a large, pillared hall that leads to the sanctum, or main shrine area. The walls and pillars of the hall are covered with intricate carvings.〔 The main shrine houses the Shaligram (black stone) image of Badrinarayan, which is housed in a gold canopy under a Badri Tree. The image of Badrinarayan holds a ''Shankha'' (conch) and a ''Chakra'' (wheel) in two of its arms in a lifted posture and two arms are rested on its lap in a ''Yogamudra'' (''Padmasana'') posture.〔〔 The sanctum also houses images of the god of wealthKubera, sage Narada, Uddhava, Nar and Narayan. There are fifteen more images that are also worshipped around the temple. These include that of Lakshmi (the consort of Vishnu), Garuda (the vehicle of Narayan), and Navadurga, the manifestation of Durga in nine different forms. The temple also has shrines of Lakshmi Narasimhar and for saints Adi Shankara ( 788-820), Vedanta Desika and Ramanujacharya. All the idols of the temple are made of black stone.〔〔〔 The Tapt Kund, a group of hot sulphur springs just below the temple, are considered to be medicinal; many pilgrims consider it a requirement to bathe in the springs before visiting the temple. The springs have a year-round temperature of , while outside temperature is typically below all year round.〔 The two water ponds in the temple are called Narad Kund and Surya Kund.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Badrinath Temple」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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