Editing Joshimath (section)

{{about|the town|the monastery|Jyotir Math}}
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| name                   = Joshimath
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| other_name             = Jyotirmath
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| settlement_type        = Town
| image_skyline          = Joshimath.jpg
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| image_caption          = View of Jyotirmath from Narsingh Temple
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| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Uttarakhand, India
| coordinates            = {{coord|30|33|18|N|79|33|54|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]]
| subdivision_type3      = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3      = Jyotirmath
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| unit_pref              = Metric
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| population_total       = 48202<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joshimath Tehsil Population Chamoli, Uttarakhand, List of Villages & Towns in Joshimath Tehsil |url=https://www.censusindia2011.com/uttarakhand/chamoli/joshimath-population.html |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Censusindia2011.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
| population_as_of       = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1     = Languages
| demographics1_title1   = Official
| demographics1_info1    = [[Garhwali language|Garhwali]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1              = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1            = +5:30
| postal_code_type       = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code            = 246443<ref name="pincode">{{cite web |url=https://pin-code.net/in-loc/joshimath-pin-code/160598/ |title=Joshimath Pin code |publisher=pin-code.net |accessdate=8 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185947/https://pin-code.net/in-loc/joshimath-pin-code/160598/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| registration_plate     = UK-11
| website                = {{URL|http://chamoli.nic.in}}
}}
'''Joshimath''', also known as '''Jyotirmath''', is a town and a [[municipal board]] in [[Chamoli District]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Uttarakhand]]. Located at a height of 6,150 feet (1,875 m),<ref name=joshi>{{cite web |last=Singh |first=V.P. Flt.Lt. |title=Himalayan Journal 1967-68 |url=http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/n-d-a-expedition-to-the-kumaon-himalayas-1968/ |publisher=The Himalayan Club |access-date=6 June 2013 |archive-date=26 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226113147/https://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/n-d-a-expedition-to-the-kumaon-himalayas-1968/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> it is a gateway to several [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] mountain climbing expeditions, trekking trails and pilgrim centres like [[Badrinath]].<ref name=trisul>{{cite web |last=Agarwal |first=Meena |title=The Ascent of Trisul, 1970 |url=http://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/the-ascent-of-trisul-1970/ |publisher=The Himalayan Club |access-date=6 June 2013 |archive-date=26 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226113003/https://www.himalayanclub.org/journal/the-ascent-of-trisul-1970/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is home to one of the four cardinal ''pītha''s believed by tradition to be established by [[Adi Shankara]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jyotirmath |url=http://chamoli.nic.in/pages/display/80-joshimath |access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref>

Since 7 February 2021, the area was severely affected by the [[2021 Uttarakhand flood]] and its aftermath. The town is confirmed to be sinking due to its geographic location being along a running ridge.<ref name="Tripathi 2023">{{cite web |last=Tripathi |first=Sibu |title=Why is Joshimath sinking? Alarm bells in hill town ringing since 1976 |website=India Today |date=6 January 2023 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/why-is-joshimath-sinking-alarm-bells-in-hill-town-ringing-since-1976-2318223-2023-01-06 |access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sinking land forces hundreds to leave Indian temple town |website=AP NEWS |date=7 January 2023 |url=https://apnews.com/article/science-politics-india-climate-and-environment-67400f2375f10986e026545f66d38923 |access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref>