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Jun
Chota Chardham, Uttarakhand, is one of India’s most significant Hindu Pilgrimages. It includes Uttarakhand’s four holiest places: Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri. Further, it is unknown when and how these locations were connected in a pilgrimage circuit. Each of them has a unique and storied past. Moreover, the grandeur and spirituality of each destination qualify them for inclusion in a spiritual pilgrimage trip. Before the 1950s, getting to the four Chota Chardham places in Uttarakhand required an arduous trek across rocky paths. After the 1962 Indo-Chinese conflict, India devoted significant resources to improving border transportation and infrastructure. Now, the highways…