Editing Badrinath (section)

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| name                            = Badrinath
| settlement_type                 = Town
| image_skyline                   = Badrinath Temple- Uttarakhand.jpg
| image_caption                   = 
| nickname                        = 
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| pushpin_map                     = India Uttarakhand#India
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| pushpin_map_caption             = Location in Uttarakhand, India
| coordinates                     = {{coord|30.744|N|79.493|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1               = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Uttarakhand]]
| subdivision_type2               = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2               = [[Chamoli district|Chamoli]]
| established_title               = <!-- Established -->
| established_date                = 
| founder                         = 
| named_for                       = 
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| governing_body                  = 
| unit_pref                       = Metric
| area_footnotes                  = 
| area_rank                       = 
| area_total_km2                  = 3
| elevation_footnotes             = 
| elevation_m                     = 3300
| population_total                = 2,438
| population_as_of                = 2011
| population_rank                 = 
| population_density_km2          = auto
| population_demonym              = 
| population_footnotes            = <ref name="Census2011Gov"/>
| demographics_type1              = Languages
| demographics1_title1            = Official
| demographics1_info1             = [[Hindi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=16 January 2019|page=47|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2            = Additional&nbsp;official
| demographics1_info2             = [[Sanskrit]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Trivedi |first=Anupam |title=Sanskrit is second official language in Uttarakhand |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sanskrit-is-second-official-language-in-uttarakhand/story-wxk51l8Re4vNxofrr7FAJK.html |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=19 January 2010 |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sanskrit second official language of Uttarakhand|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/Sanskrit-second-official-language-of-Uttarakhand/article15965492.ece |work=The Hindu |date=21 January 2010 |access-date=5 January 2020}}</ref>
| demographics1_title3            = Regional
| demographics1_info3             = [[Rongpo language|Marchha]], [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]]
| timezone1                       = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1                     = +5:30
| postal_code_type                = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code                     = 246422<ref name="pincode">{{cite web|url=https://pin-code.net/in-loc/badrinath-pin-code/159196/|title=Badrinath Pin code|publisher=pin-code.net|accessdate=18 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200543/https://pin-code.net/in-loc/badrinath-pin-code/159196/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| registration_plate              = UK 11
| website                         = {{URL|https://badrinath-kedarnath.gov.in/}}
| footnotes                       = 
}}
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{{location map~|India|label=[[Dwarka]]|position=right|lat=22.23|long=68.97}}
{{location map~|India|label=[[Jagannath Puri]]|position=left|lat=19.81|long=85.83}}
{{location map~|India|label=[[Rameswaram]]|position=left|lat=9.28|long=79.3}}
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'''Badrinath''' is a town and [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Chamoli district]] in the state of [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]. It is a [[Hindu]] holy place, and is one of the four sites in India's [[Char Dham]] [[Hindu pilgrimage|pilgrimage]]. It is also part of India's [[Chota Char Dham]] pilgrimage circuit and gets its name from the [[Badrinath Temple]].
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