Badrinath Hot Spring

Badrinath Hot Spring, known as Tapt Kund, is a sacred natural thermal spring at the base of the Badrinath Temple in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, India, located at 3,133 meters altitude in the Alaknanda River valley of the high Himalayas — one of the holiest pilgrimage sites in Hinduism and part of the Char Dham pilgrimage circuit that draws millions of Hindu devotees annually. The bicarbonate hot spring emerges at a natural temperature of around 45°C from the volcanic and metamorphic geology of the Great Himalayan Range, and Hindu tradition holds that bathing in Tapt Kund before entering the Badrinath Temple is an essential ritual of purification, as the sacred waters are believed to be imbued with the blessings of the god Vishnu. The extraordinary spiritual atmosphere of Badrinath — set between the towering Nilkantha peak and the sacred Alaknanda river — makes bathing in these thermal waters an act of profound religious significance for hundreds of millions of Hindus.