Introduction of Narayan Koti temple
Narayan Koti temple is one of the famous and ancient temples in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand is also known as dev Bhoomi due to many deities residing here and is very well known for its famous temple. Narayan indicates (Lord Vishnu) and Koti indicates (many). This temple belongs to lord Vishnu and was established in the 9th century, it’s a group of temples or samuh of temples that was beautifully architect. It’s also famous for representing the 9 planets (Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Sun, Moon, Rahu, and Ketu) and it’s the only temple that represents 9 planets in the world.
History of Narayan Koti temple
Narayan Koti temple the famous temple of Uttarakhand holds the story behind it. This temple was constructed by Pandavas, Pandavas refers to the five brothers, Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sachadeva and who won the Mahabharata war. It’s believed that in this location Lord Krishna revealed his one crore Naryana forms to the Pandavas when they were apoplectic to not met Lord Shiva. The temple is still here from the 9th century and in today’s time, you will rarely get such things that’s why devotees love to visit here.
Location of Narayan Koti temple
Narayan Koti temple is situated in the Narayan Koti village in Ukimath Tehsil which is in Rudraprayag District and 2 km away from Guptkashi. It gives you a view of the Mandakini River in Guptkashi.
The villagers around Narayan Koti temple are also from time immemorial, a village around this temple is a package of natural beauty and peace. Visitors here are treated as God because in our language “guest is god” and when you visit this place you won’t want to go back.
Many devotees across India visit this devbhoomi in the search of natural beauty, for peace, and to know more about the land of deities. You can visit more places around Rudraprayag like-
- Vishwanath temple.
- Manikarnika Kund.
- Ardhanarishwar Temple.
- Gaurikund.
- Ukimath.
- Chopta.
- Char Dham (Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri).
Route to reach Narayan Koti Temple
From Rishikesh, it took 5 hr 21 min and from Dehradun, it took 6 hr 9 min to visit this temple. Both Rishikesh and Dehradun is the only road route to reach this temple.
Road Route: From Dehradun, Rishikesh you can travel to Narayan Koti Temple, Guptkashi, and Rudraprayag easily by bus, taxi, and two vehicles.
Air Route: People across India and from across the world can easily visit Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun by catching their area’s flight and from Jolly grant airport you can easily get an auto and can book a cab for Rishikesh and Dehradun. You can get a vehicle for the Narayan Koti temple after reaching Rishikesh and Dehradun.
Railway Route: People across India can reach Haridwar and Dehradun railway stations through their area’s train. After that you can take a taxi, bus or auto from the station to reach Dehradun and Rishikesh, it’s your choice to take a bus to Dehradun or Rishikesh both are fine. After reaching Rishikesh and Dehradun you easily get vehicle for the Narayan Koti Temple.
When you can visit Narayan Koti Temple
The famous and ancient Narayan Koti temple is one of those temples that devotees or tourists want to visit once in their life. You can visit this temple at any time, any month, and in any season. You easily get a vehicle to reach this place without any hurdles. There is a lot of good stay point and hotel where you can stay in any season and it provides satisfaction to our visitors.
UNDER HERITAGE PROJECT
Narayan Koti temple is adopted as a heritage project on 27 September 2017 (World Tourism Day). Under this project, the focus is on developing tourist sites like road construction, installation of street lighting, providing clean water, garbage disposal systems, and more. With this project, our Ministry of Culture’s motive is to live this ancient heritage of the temple.
