About the Place

Hemkund Saheb

It is located in the Himalayas at an elevation of 4200m in the state of Uttarakhand, India, and is accessible only by foot from Gobindghat on Rishikesh-Badrinath highway.
It is most known for a gurudwara, known as Hemkunt Sahib, associated with the Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh, and is one of the most sacred of Sikh shrines, the lake also has a Lakshman temple built by it.

Valley of Flowers

In 1931 when Frank S. Smythe a British mountaineer lost his way while returning from a successful expedition to Mt.Kamet and he reached this valley which was full of flowers. He was so attracted towards the beauty of the place he named it as "Valley of Flowers". He authored a book called "The Valley of Flowers" which unveiled the beauty and floral splendours of the valley and thus threw open the doors of this verdant jewel to nature-enthusiasts all over the world. The route from Joshimath to the Valley of Flowers goes along the main road to Badrinath; roughly midway along this road, a minor road branches off to Gobindghat, the roadhead for the Valley. From Gobindghat, a trek of 14 km brings hikers to the Ghangaria, A small settlement ,where Valley is about 3km .Valley Start from A gorge over Pushpawati River.

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