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Amarnath Kashmir with Vaishnodevi By Train

Amarnath Kashmir with Vaishnodevi tours from Pune and Mumbai

It is located in a glacier valley at 4,175m (13,700 ft.). The biggest figures of different gods. The biggest figure is regarded as Siva (Amarnath). On the left side of the linga is an ice formation called Ganesh, and on the right side is one of Parvati and Bhairava. The cave is about 150 feet high and 90 feet long. Within the cave there are four or five ice formations that resemble the figures of different gods. Amarnath is 145 km east of Srinagar in Kashmir. On the full moon day the linga is about 6 ft high. Each year on the full moon day of July-August (Sravana) when the Siva-linga attains its maximum height there is a festival at this cave temple. It is said that Lord Siva first appeared on this day. There is an ice Silva-linga here that changes size with the seasons, and also as the moon waxes and wanes it becomes bigger and smaller.

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