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Omkareshwar Temple in Ukhimath is the winter seat of Kedarnath. After the Kedarnath temple closes on Bhai Dooj, the Panchmukhi Utsav Doli of Baba Kedar is carried down via Guptkashi and installed here, and it is worshipped for about six months until the doors at Kedarnath reopen. The doli of Madhyamaheshwar, another of the Panch Kedar, also spends the winter here, and Lord Omkareshwar is worshipped through the year. The Kedarnath opening date is announced at this temple on Maha Shivaratri.
- Address: Ukhimath, Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand
- How to Reach: Ukhimath is about 41 km from Rudraprayag by road, turning off the Kedarnath road at Kund.
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