The story of Badrinath

Badrinath dham is one of the important holy place of Hindu in all pilgrimage in India. It is situated in Nar-Narayan parvat and Alaknanda River flowing nearby. This temple is known to be dedicated to Lord Vishnu and hence is also called Badri Vishal and Badrinarayan Mandir.

It is belived that Lord Vishu came here for his penance and seeing this Goddess Laxmi turned into the Badri ( a berry tree) to provide shelter to the Lord Vishnu and to save him for adverse weather conditions. After completing his meditation, Lord Vishu noticed that there was no tree when he had started. Then through his vision he confirmed that in real that tree was goddess Laxmi and at last, happily Lord Vishu said to his wife that whenever my devotees will remember me, then they will first take your name and then mine and hence the place is called as BadriNath- Badri (Laxmi), Nath(Vishu ji).I