Tapt kund
- Location
- Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India
- Water type
- sulfurous
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 6.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Tapt Kund is a sacred sulfurous hot spring at the Badrinath temple complex in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, India, perched at an elevation of over 3,100 metres in the Garhwal Himalayas and revered as one of Hinduism's most important pilgrimage springs. Pilgrims to the Char Dham circuit traditionally bathe in Tapt Kund's naturally heated sulfurous waters before entering the Badrinath temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, believing the spring's sacred mineral water purifies the soul and body for worship. The spring's location at the confluence of the Alaknanda River and the dramatic glacier-carved landscape of the high Himalaya makes Tapt Kund one of the world's most spiritually and geographically exceptional hot springs.