Chamoli , the region of "Garhwal'' the place where there is strongholds. The present Garhwal was known as kedar-khand before. In puranas kedar-khand was supposed to be dwelling place of God. It appears from the realities vedas puranas, Ramayna and Mahabharat that these Hindu sacred writings are scripted in kedar-khand . It is accepted that God Ganesha first content of vedas in Vayas gufa arranged in the last town Mana just four km.from Badrinath. As indicated by Rigveda(1017-19) after Inundation (Jalprlya) Sapt-Rishis spared their lives in a similar town Mana. Other than there the foundations of vedic writing is by all accounts began from Garhwal on the grounds that the Garhwali language has a ton of words normal with sanskrit .The work spot of vedic Rishis are the unmistakable explorer puts in Garhwal uncommonly in chamoli like Atrimuni Ashram in Anusuya around 25 km. from chamoli town and work spot of Kashyap Rishi at Gandhmadan parwat close Badrinath. As per Aadi-Puran vedvyasa scripted the narrative of Mahabhrat in Vyas Gufa close Badrinath. Pandukeshwar a little town arranged on the Rishikesh Badrinath high-path from where Badrinath is only 25 km away is viewed as Tapsthali of lord Pandu. In Kedar-khand Puran this land is respected the place that is known for ruler Shiva.
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Chamoli and Gopeshwar