Where the sacred meets the seamless

The shrines open in late April or early May and close around Diwali. The opening fortnight and the long weekends are the most crowded, with darshan queues that can run for hours. If your dates are flexible, the second half of June and the first weeks of September give you the same darshan with a fraction of the crowd. We route around the mid-July to August monsoon window because of landslide risk on the hill roads.

Yes. Registration is mandatory for all four dhams and for the Kedarnath helicopter route, through the Uttarakhand portal at registrationandtouristcare.uk.gov.in, tied to a government photo ID for every member of your group, children included. Daily darshan caps mean slots fill quickly once dates are announced. When you travel with AadyaShakti this is handled before you leave home.

From the 2026 season, mobile phones and cameras are prohibited inside the temple premises at all four dhams, to protect the sanctity of darshan. Take your photographs from the courtyard and the approach, then leave your phone with your group or in a locker before joining the darshan line.

The walk to Kedarnath is roughly 16 to 18 kilometres of climbing from Gaurikund to the temple at 3,583 metres. For older pilgrims, anyone short on time, or those who would rather arrive rested, we arrange the helicopter shuttle. For those who want the full pilgrimage on foot, we support the trek with ponies, porters and paced rest stops. Both are arranged end-to-end.

Every journey is run end-to-end: permits and Inner Line clearances, helicopter and private vehicle transfers, comfortable 3-star stays with daily breakfast and a sattvic meal, VVIP and Sparsh darshan at Kedarnath and Badrinath, priest and sadhu access through our Mandir-Samiti relationships, pre-trip health checks, on-trip medical support and full passenger insurance. You carry nothing but your intention.

Adi Kailash and Om Parvat, Kailash Mansarovar via the Kathmandu route, the 12 Jyotirlingas, Pashupatinath and Muktinath in Nepal, the 2027 Ardh Kumbh at Haridwar, and slower experiential journeys through Ladakh and Spiti. Each is private and shaped around you. Tell us the deity, the dates and the comfort you wish for, and we design the rest.

Since 2019 Ritesh Ahuja has carried more than three hundred pilgrims into the high Himalaya, including families, doctors, senior citizens and senior leaders from Maharashtra, Gujarat and UP, alongside NRI pilgrims returning for darshan. He has also arranged six weddings at the Triyuginarayan temple near Kedarnath.