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"pleasant music"
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Good morning to everyone who are watching this video
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so in last video you may saw my journey from downhill to here
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last one hour of the travel was very hard and tiring
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today will climb for the temple
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so the crowd who already climbed here during overnight
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are waiting in queue for hours outside of the temple
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and time is somewhere around 8.15 A.M to 8.30 A.M
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you can watch helicopters flying around, I think it will be crowded there
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now we need to enquire about the waiting time in the queues and then
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we need to enter accordingly and I'm excited for this
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brother woke early in the morning around 5 A.M and had morning jog
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and he shot timelapse footage, I posted that in the beginning
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it was superb, just look at this view
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it's on another level with those amazing mountains
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it seems that some kind of mist is formed after noon
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so we need to reach the top before that and have to see the temple as soon as possible
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it will make me happy, half of them here are already completed their 'dharshanam' they went during 6 in the morning
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for queue and they waited for 2 hours then finished 'dharshanam'
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they have smeared the holy ash in their forehead in the shapes of streaks and 'soolam'
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it means that they completed the 'dharshanam'
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why so much of helicopters are wandering here?
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- helicopters are around here from 5 A.M in the morning and they are competing like share auto rikshaws!
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"pleasant music"
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"pleasant music"
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"pleasant music"
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"pleasant music"
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you can see a dense queue here from the distance of 50 mts from helipad
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from here we need to visit Kedharnath temple and to my knowledge it's over there
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I'll zoom the point and the queue is 1 km from there
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so if we start now, it will take 3-4 hours to complete the 'dharshanam'
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as brother said, there is a Kala Bhairava temple in the top
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we need to see that then we check the situation here
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I think it will take 4 hours,
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I thought we may visit after getting some relaxation by having some tea in the morning
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but the queue was started early as 4-5 A.M
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I think more people will come from now
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I have no idea of exact timing of our visit
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after seeing Bhairava temple then I'll check the desity of the queue
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then I have to stand in queue, I need to show this, the temple is here
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"pleasant music"
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"pleasant music"
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"pleasant music"
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"pleasant music"
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hey guys!, you may saw Kedharnath temple
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it looks so beautiful, and the friends who travelled with us in the last video have already entered inside
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there will be a spcial pooja at 1.30 for VIPs
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they need to pay around 7-8K Rs for this
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so they bargained that price and ended up for special dharshanam and they put their ears and forehead close to the linga
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they said it was a superb experience with positive vibes
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I'm very eager to enter but the crowd is dense and it will grew more over time
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so we'll visit Bhairava temple first
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this is the path to that temple, via this road and you may see the flags also
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that's the place, the sceneries behind the temple are beautiful
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like mountains, snow and rocks
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those rocks are actually came here with the 2013 floods
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actually it has etched the whole pathway and leaved it's mark
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there is a big rock behind the temple and if not for the rock
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that temple may have been destroyed in the flood
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it's a special thing that the temple alone was spared by nature
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there is a 'dharshanam' during 6-6.30 in the evening and we have that chance too
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we need to wait 4-5 hours for that
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this Bhairava temple is located 600 mts from Kedharnath temple
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this is the only way to reach that temple
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it will take 10-15 minutes walk for you to reach
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just look at this view, actually
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during the flood all the area except the middle part including the temple was destroyed
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during the flood one big rock was rolled and sttled behind the temple without damaging it
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because of that the temple was saved
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so while hearing this,
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I'm not sure whether is a miracle or not
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if that flood had contact with the temple it would have been destroyed into pieces
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you can know tthe impact by seeing the paths here
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construction works are going on, it's been almost 10 years since the incident
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still the working is going on and hatsoff to them
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they built a compound wall and
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paved way for the flow and distribution of water with concretes
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they have safety in their mind for the project
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this is teh path for Bhairava temple and we completed 25% of it
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it's very cold and I can't breath properly as you know with my talking
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and it would have been covered in snow if I visited 2 months ago
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I already saw a video where a boy will
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vlog in the snowy hill and this view also looks good
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it's such an amazing place
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we have no information regarding this Bhairava temple
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but while seeing from top we can find the 'aghastiyar' we already saw in Podhighai hills
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this temple is surrounded by many flags and holy bells
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and this top view looked majestic
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while we're leaving the temple one gentleman
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was dancing while possessed by God
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"man shouts"
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"man shouts"
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then while climbing down
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we're happy to found the food offering by volunteers for pilgrims
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me and my brother had food from them and then went for the temple
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guys while climbing down I said we're going to eat 'annadhanam'
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we each took one plate, the serving offers rice, puri(!) I guess and it also have sweet
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I'm very hungry and thirsty so I'll complete it in a go
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the good thing in this 'annadhanam' is we need to clean the plates properly in which we had food
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after this we went to see the new statue of shankaracharya which is situated behind the Kedarnath temple
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this statue was inaugurated by our prime minister Narendra Modi in 5th November 2021
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the previous memorial was damaged in the 2013 floods
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so they reconstructed this, and
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this statue looked so majestic with the mountains in the background
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this status was made with the stone called fluoride chips stone
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we sat there for 30-45 minutes and
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many pilgrims worshipped shankaracharya and got blessings from priests
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adi shankaracharya is the person who saved and renovated kedarnath temple which was in perishing state
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he has done many poojas to worship lord Shiva and his devotees are the ones
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who still doing poojas in the temple
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so guys you saw the statue of adi shankaracharya there, it looked beautiful
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it looked like star annd lotus from top view
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it's like lotus sitting in a star
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the vibe was good in that place, now we'll enter the temple
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time is 1.30 in the noon, queue was slightly diminished
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now I'm standing in this bridge and it's going all the way up
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I think it will take 2 hours from here
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as I said it took 3 hours to pass this queue
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many are cutting the queue so it took so long
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in the way everyone put their footwear in the shops
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me and my brother put our shoes in the safety racks provided by them
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this place is free of cost and you don't need to pay a penny and you will get tokens
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you need to safekeep that to claim your footwear
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during 4 P.M the temple was closed, because
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they have special 'abhishegham' at 4 so they closed the doors and made us wait for 1 more hour
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so it's closed?
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-[SPEAKER NOISE]
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guys they told us to sit, so
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- it will take 1 hour
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oh! I thought we got this early
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I think they're shutting the doors for sometime
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before entering the interior of the temple, we'll see the history of it
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Kedarnath, situated beautifully at the middle of the snowy mountains
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this temple was built by Pandavas and it's one among the twelve 'jothi lingas'
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the reason for building this temple was, after the end of Mahabharath
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they want to get rid of the sins of killing their brothers and relatives
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so they travelled towards lord Shiva and he refused to saw Pandavas
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so he took the form of a buffalo
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and Pandavas saw that buffalo in their path
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and while they fought with that buffalo it split into 5 parts and fall on different places
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one of the 5 places is Kedarnath and if you saw the linga here
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it will look like a shape of the spine of a buffalo
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this temple is opened from akshayathrithi to Diwali
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then [UNKNOWN WORD], so it will open only for 6 months in a year
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as I already said, when it was in it's worst condition in 8th century
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it was renovated and carried over by Adi Shankaracharya
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still this temple is maintained and administrated by his devotees
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so let's go guys, as temple is opened now
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we'll again follow this queue and will have a look at the inside
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guys after so long they resumed the queue
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I think the queue is transformed into four distinct queues
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and 10 new members are trailing in my back and I don't know them before
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-and 50-60 people have cutted the line in front
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- I don't know how they cut the lines effortlesly
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it was totally fun here
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- we gave dubbing to their conversations!
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let's go for the 'dharshanam', the front is too crowded
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the closer we reach the crowd get more denser
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see the chaos for yourself
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"people shouts holy chants"
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"people shouts holy chants"
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after entering inside we can see the each Pandava's statue in pillars
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in the left side of the main premise we have the statue of 'Kaali godess'
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infront of me one person openly captures everything with his camera
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and he got beaten by people, so I tried my best and at one point I put my camera in my bag
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because there are 2-3 police gaurded nearby the worshiping place
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after worshipping they insist everyone to leave immediately to control the forthcoming crowd
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guys finally we finished the 'dharshanam'
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so I tried my best to show the interiors
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some got beaten in the heads so, I put my camera in the bag
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they push people outside like every other temple
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so we came outside easily, and we're putting our shoes back
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at 7-7.30 in the evening they will do a ritual called 'Aarthi'
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so I will show that too for you and now it's getting darker here
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and it will look nice in the night lighting, so we'll meet at 7 P.M
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"spiritual music"
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"spiritual music"
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"spiritual music"
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"spiritual music"
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"spiritual music"
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in 6.30 of the evening they will do this aarthi ritual
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during this aarthi thousands of people gathered here to chant holy manthras to worship lord Shiva
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I never seen this much of crowd in my life,
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everyone sat politely infront of the temple and chanted the songs played in the temple
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they're in a spiritual state and after sometime the pandits
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showed the aarthi light and everyone stood up to worship that light
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after getting dark the lighting around the temple looked colourful
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it looked majestic and improved the beauty of the temple
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this kedarnath temple is 1200 years old and has the significance of one of the most important temple in the world
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thousands of people visit this temple each year
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due to the growth of social media and it's influence
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it serves the purpose of picnic spot as well
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many people just visit here just for the 3 seconds reel and bragging in social media, we need to avoid this
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recent ecology survey says that this place is in a sensitive zone
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it says that the place can only manage 20 K visitors per year
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in contrast it has 8-10 K visitors daily so think about the consequences
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the people who arrange tourist package for us
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should consider this issue and should restrict the visitor capacity
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as I already said this temple should last for coming generations
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for that we need your support
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we have the responsibility of saving temples like this, so let's travel responsibly
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guys time is 9 P.M now and
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you saw the aarthi pooja and I think there were over 1000 people witnessed that in-person
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it was grand with all of them singing holy songs
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it's like a grand welcome and gave good, positive vibes
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it was majestic in the morning and colourful in the night
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I feel so fresh and it's good to be here
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you need to visit this place for sure with your family and friends
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your wish will become true and I hope you like this video
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if you have any doubts regarding the travel to this place, ask in comments
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I will solve your doubts, everything is here
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they have food, stay, they do have tents for 500 Rs
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they also have medical facilities, so don't worry about anything
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enjoy the video and thanks again for watching
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in next video I'll see you with a new beautiful place like this, till then be safe
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be happy, I'm your Sailendran signing off for 'Follow Jack"
