kedarnath temple

• 3500 m above sea level- in the Himalayan mountains
• extreme weather so is only open 1/2 of the year
• one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in shaivism
• 1/12 temples that are reveled when shiva appeared as a pillar of light
• 2013- massive landslide- temple saved from destruction by a huge boulder
• shiva devottees claimed that he himself protected the temple
• anyone who dies at or near here will go directy to moksha
• drinking water whilst praying to shiva wipes sin