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title: "Lesser-known facts about Door Opening of Kedarnath temple"  
description: "Kedarnath temple is a spiritual blessing for any Lord Shiva devotees. It is also an indispensable part of Char Dham yatra. Here's Lesser-known facts"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-21  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1625/lesser-known-facts-about-door-opening-of-kedarnath-temple  
category: "travel"  
tags: ["Kedarnath", "kedarnath temple", "kedarnath door opening", "travel", "travel diaries"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Lesser-known facts about Door Opening of Kedarnath temple

![Lesser known facts about Door Opening of Kedarnath temple](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9a3b1b09-d543-4fcd-86c8-592bc6ada22e/images/c67c95fa-7c3c-4ad4-96c1-279cc19828df.jpeg) ![Lesser known facts about Door Opening of Kedarnath temple](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9a3b1b09-d543-4fcd-86c8-592bc6ada22e/images/e5ac2da9-46ff-4f1d-9da1-087de675dfc9.jpeg) Kedarnath temple withstand with 2013 floods in Uttarakhand ![Lesser known facts about Door Opening of Kedarnath temple](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9a3b1b09-d543-4fcd-86c8-592bc6ada22e/images/fe3b7ab2-a6fe-4a63-907c-f765f2982527.jpeg) There is a hall in front of the temple with the images of five Pandavas princes and Parvathi. ![Lesser known facts about Door Opening of Kedarnath temple](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9a3b1b09-d543-4fcd-86c8-592bc6ada22e/images/e4217769-75b0-4520-91b3-6d5a88f51216.jpeg) Doli yatra is a 3-day possession of Lord Kedarnath This festival marks the opening of Kedarnath temple doors to the devotees. ![Lesser known facts about Door Opening of Kedarnath temple](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9a3b1b09-d543-4fcd-86c8-592bc6ada22e/images/a013d7c4-a6a5-4385-8578-e87b1cd42870.jpeg) Yes, Kedarnath is considered as the abode of Lord Shiva but the statue of Lord Shiva in Kedarnath is without head. ![Lesser known facts about Door Opening of Kedarnath temple](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9a3b1b09-d543-4fcd-86c8-592bc6ada22e/images/41ec5a6f-4165-4f5f-b793-254a7aea8e14.jpeg) There are two idols of Kedarnath as Bhog idol and Panchmukhi idol. The former idol is kept at the priest house and worshipped here. ![Lesser known facts about Door Opening of Kedarnath temple](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/9a3b1b09-d543-4fcd-86c8-592bc6ada22e/images/c67c95fa-7c3c-4ad4-96c1-279cc19828df.jpeg) With a total of 12 jyotirlingas, Kedarnath is eleventh Jyotirlinga in Dwashash Jyotirlinga.

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