EP 7 Gangotri Dham Travel Guide | Uttarakhand Char Dham Yatra

On Day 7 of our Uttarakhand Char Dham Yatra, we spend our day at Gangotri Dham. Learnt about the history of Gangotri Dham temple from president of Gangotri Dham society.

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Though its hard to find Garhwali food at Gangotri Dham but we found a restaurant who prepared it for us, we enjoyed the taste of Rajma that are grown on hills and a very unique Tor Dal….

Following are the details of the places visited by us during this tour.

Surya Kund: Best time to visit this place is early morning. All the places to visit at Gangotri Dham are near each other only , ie at walking distance of each other.

Address: Gangotri, Uttarakhand 249135
Location: https://tinyurl.com/y5lkmg7u

GMVN Tourist Lodge: This guest house in
Aloo Sabji, service standards at this guest house were very good, i will suggest you to stay at this place, but you need to do prior booking for stay here.

Address: Gangotri, Uttarakhand 249135
Location: https://tinyurl.com/y36r6dp9

Gangotri Temple: This is about 1 km from Parking. You can’t bring your vehcile to the temple.

Address: Gangotri, Uttarakhand 249135
Location: https://tinyurl.com/y39n82by

Purohit Restaurant: There are many such restaurants in Gangotri but what you get to eat mostly there is fast food like Bhatura chole, chowmein or general Punjabi or south Indian food.

We wanted to have food of Himalaya, so we got Super tasty Rajma and Tor dal at this place along with khanda rice.
Tor Dal Rs. 140
Yellow Rajma Rs. 170
Mandua Roti Rs. 20
Khanda Rice Kheer Rs. 110
Address: Gangotri, Uttarakhand 249135
Location: https://tinyurl.com/y39n82by

I will suggest you to do night halt at Gangotri, you will enjoy that a lot…..
In the next episode you will see Gaumukh yatra which is 18 km from Gangotri one side.

Before starting the Gaumukh Yatra one has to take permit from the forest department of Gangotri.
Office timing of forest department
7 am - 10 am Morning
5 pm - 7 pm Evening.

You have to apply for the permit online and once you reach Uttarkashi or Gangotri you need to confirm the day of travel with forest department.

I wil suggest you do this from Uttarakashi because there is a limit on number of people who can go to Gaumukh in a day. Limit is 150 per day.