Char Dham

The four abodes at the four corners of India, associated with Adi Shankaracharya: Badrinath in the north, Dwarka in the west, Puri in the east and Rameswaram in the south. Visiting all four is a lifelong goal for many Hindus.

Hindu

Char Dham

#	Place	Location	State/UT or country	Deity or details
1	Badrinath	Chamoli district, on the Alaknanda (about 3,100 m)	Uttarakhand	Vishnu as Badrinarayan
2	Dwarkadhish Temple	Dwarka, Devbhumi Dwarka district	Gujarat	Krishna as Dwarkadhish
3	Jagannath Temple (Puri)	Puri	Odisha	Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra
4	Ramanathaswamy Temple	Rameswaram island, Ramanathapuram district	Tamil Nadu	Shiva as Ramanathaswamy