Jyotirmath

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Jyotirmath
Jyotirmath (India)
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State : IndiaIndia India
State : Uttarakhand
District : Chamoli
Sub-district : Joshimath
Location : 30 ° 34 ′  N , 79 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 34 ′  N , 79 ° 34 ′  E
Height : 1842 m
Residents : 16,709 (2011)
Cable car at Jyotirmath
Cable car at Jyotirmath

Jyotirmath or Joshimath is a small town in the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand .

Jyotirmath is located in the Himalayas at an altitude of 1824  m above the Alaknanda River . Jyotirmath had 16,709 inhabitants at the 2011 census.

Joshimath is the northern monastic center of the four cardinal institutions of Adi Shankara .

See also

Web links

Commons : Jyotirmath  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. census2011.co.in
  2. census2011.co.in