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.