The holy town of Kedarnath, standing at a height of 11,760 feet and surrounded by majestic snow-capped peaks, was a picture of devastation after the flooded Mandakini river wreaked havoc on it. The shrine of Shiva, visited by Hindu pilgrims from across the world, however, was only partly damaged amid the death and destruction flash floods, cloudbursts and landslides caused in various parts of Uttarakhand, in June 2013. So many had died in a stampede inside the shrine as panic-stricken people rushed to escape nature's fury.
The major cause of devastation of Kedarnath town was the breaking of the Kedar Dome, a glacier-like body, that caused a rupture of the Charbari lake reservoir less than 6km from the shrine. Kedarnath temple however stayed intact. The shrine of Shiva stood intact amid the death and destruction cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides caused in various parts of Uttarakhand. It was virtually submerged in mud and slush where many many thousands devotees died in flash floods in Uttarakhand.
Kedarnath Temple is on the Garhwal Himalayan range near the Mandakini river in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand. Due to extreme weather conditions, the temple is open only between the end of April (Akshaya Tritriya) to Kartik Purnima (the autumn full moon, usually November). During the winters, the vigrahas (deities) from Kedarnath temple are brought to Ukhimath and worshipped there for six months. Lord Shiva is worshipped as Kedarnath, the 'Lord of Kedar Khand', the historical name of the region.
The temple was built by Pandavas and revived by Adi Sankaracharya and is highest among the twelve Jyotirlingas. Pandavas were supposed to have pleased Shiva by doing penance in Kedarnath. The temple is one of the four major sites in India's Chota Char Dham pilgrimage of Northern Himalayas. 
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Hari Om Tat Sat ~ Har Har Mahadev ~ Jai Shri Kedarnathaya Namah! 
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