Editing Badrinath (section)

==Temple==
{{Main|Badrinath Temple}}

The [[Badrinath temple]] is the main attraction in the town. According to the legend, Adi Shankaracharya discovered a black stone image of Lord Badrinarayan made of [[Saligram|Shaligram]] stone in the [[Alaknanda River]]. He originally enshrined it in a cave near the Tapt Kund hot springs.<ref name=nautiyal/><ref name=uttarakhand>Randhir Prakashan, ''The Holy Places of Uttarakhand Yatra''.</ref> In the sixteenth century, the King of Garhwal moved the [[murti]] to the present temple.<ref name=nautiyal/> The temple is approximately 50&nbsp;ft (15 m) tall with a small cupola on top, covered with a gold gilt roof.<ref name=nautiyal/> The facade is built of stone, with arched windows. A broad stairway leads up to a tall arched gateway, which is the main entrance. The architecture resembles a Buddhist vihara (temple), with the brightly painted facade also more typical of Buddhist temples.<ref name=dhaams>Sen Gupta, Subhadra, ''Badrinath and Kedarnath - The Dhaams in the Himalayas'', 2002. {{ISBN|81-7167-617-0}}</ref> Just inside is the [[mandapa]], a large pillared hall that leads to the [[garbha grha]], or main shrine area. The walls and pillars of the mandapa are covered with intricate carving.<ref name=dhaams/><ref name="dinamalar">{{cite web|title=Sri Badrinath Perumal temple|url=https://temple.dinamalar.com/new.php?id=1783|publisher=Dinamalar|access-date=1 January 2014}}</ref>