The ancient pilgrimages sites in the Indian state of Uttarakhand<\/a> viz. Yamunotri<\/a>, Gangotri<\/a>, Kedarnath<\/a>, and Badrinath<\/a> were known as Chota Char Dham<\/a> to differentiate them from the bigger circuit of Char Dham sites. Chota Chardhams shrines<\/b> get closed for winters due to heavy snowfall and reopen for pilgrims in advent of summer.[2]<\/a><\/sup>[3]<\/a><\/sup>[4]<\/a><\/sup>[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n According to Hindu Dharma, Badrinath became prominent when Nar-Narayan, an avatar of Vishnu, did Tapasya<\/a> there. At that time that place was filled with berry trees. In Sanskrit language berries are called “badri”, so the place was named Badrika-Van, i.e. the forest of berries. The particular spot where the Nar-Narayan did Tapasya, a large berry tree formed covering Him to save Him from the rain and the sun. Local people believe that Mata Lakshmi became the berry tree to save Lord Narayan. Post-Tapasya, Narayan said, people will always take Her Name before His Name, hence Hindus always refer “Lakshmi-Narayan “. It was therefore called Badri-Nath i.e. the Lord of Berry forest. This all happened in the Sathya\/Sath-Yuga. So Badrinath came to be known as the first Dham.<\/p>\n The second place, Rameswaram got its importance in the Tretha-Yuga when Lord Rama<\/a> built a Shiva-Lingam here and worshiped it to get the blessings of Lord Shiva<\/a>. The Name Rameswaram means “Rama’s Lord”.<\/p>\n The third Dhaam Dwarka got its importance in the Dwapara Yuga when Lord Krishna made Dwarka His residence instead of Mathura, His birthplace.[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n The Four Shankaracharya Peeth (Seats) at the Chaar Dham school of Hinduism, created at least four Hindu monastic institutions. He organised the Hindu practitioners under four Ma\u1e6dhas<\/a><\/i> (Sanskrit: \u092e\u0920<\/span>) (institutions\/monasteries), with the headquarters at Dv\u0101rak\u0101<\/a> in the West, Jagannatha Puri<\/a> in the East, Sringeri Sharada Peetham<\/a> in the South and Badrikashrama<\/a> in the North.[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n In the Puranas, Hari (Vishnu) and Hara (Shiv) are referred as eternal friends. It is said wherever Lord Vishnu resides, Lord Shiva resides nearby. The Chaar Dhaams follow this rule. So Kedarnath is considered as the pair of Badrinath, Rangnath Swami is considered the pair of Rameswaram. Somnath is considered as the pair of Dwarka. However one thing is also to be noted here that according to some traditions the Char Dham are Badrinath, Rangnath-Swami, Dwarka and Jagannath-Puri all the four of which are Vaishnav sites and their associated places are Kedarnath<\/a>, Rameswaram<\/a>, Somnath<\/a> and Lingaraja Temple<\/a>, Bhubaneswar (or maybe Gupteshwar) respectively.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Chardham Yatra can be easily called as one of the most popular pilgrimage circuits of India. 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