Uttarakhand Information Centre

Adi Badri is one of the 5 destinations in the Panch Badri yatra. It is  located in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand,  in north-west India.

Adi Badri lies 17 kilometres from Karnprayag on the  Karnprayag – Ranikhet road, Here is a group of sixteen temples, belonging to the Gupta period. Among them is the Narayan temple, where a black stone idol of Vishnu, three feet high is enshrined. It is believed that Shankaracharya had initiated the construction of these temples. The main temple of Narayan is distinguished by a raised platform in the pyramidal form, where the black stone idol of lord Vishnu is enshrined.

Badrinath | Adi Badri | Bhavishya Badri | Vridh Badri | Yogdhyan Badri