Svargarohini
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Swargarohini (स्वर्गरोहिणी) is a mountain massif in the Saraswati (Bandarpunch) Range of the Garhwal Himalaya. It lies in the Uttarkashi District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, west of the Gangotri group of peaks. Swargarohini is also a river along which the Pandavas travel northwards in the hope of reaching heaven after giving up kingdom.
Origin
Variants
- Svargarohini स्वर्गरोहिणी (AS, p.1004)
History
Swargarohini mountain
Swargarohini is a mountain massif in the Saraswati (Bandarpunch) Range of the Garhwal Himalaya. It lies in the Uttarkashi District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, west of the Gangotri group of peaks. It comprises four separate peaks: Swargarohini I is the main peak, and is the subject of this article. While not particularly high by Himalayan standards, and not the highest in the Bandarpunch range, Swargarohini I is notable for its dramatic local relief. This snow-clad peak along is the source of the Tons River and along with the Bandarpunch massif it acts as a watershed between the Yamuna and the Bhagirathi Rivers.
Legends and history
Swargarohini derives its name from the legends associated with it from Mahabharata. In the final section of the epic, the Pandavas give up kingdom and travel northwards in the hope of reaching heaven. The peaks are said to be the stairway to heaven that was followed by Pandavas, but only Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandavas, is able to reach heaven. According to the legends it is believed that this is the only way one can go to heaven without dying.
But the legends further gets complicated as many claim that the Pandavas had taken a route from the present town of Badrinath in the eastern part of Garhwal, Uttarakhand, which is very far apart from the Swargarohini peaks in Sankari range of western Garhwal.
Ahead of Badrinath, Mana and onwards to Satopanth Lake, one can see the Swargarohini Glacier (no relation to Swargarohini peaks) and Yudhishthira and the bow-bow (form taken by Yamraj ) had climbed the Swargarohini glacier to the top and not the Swargarohini peak.
स्वर्गरोहिणी
स्वर्गरोहिणी (AS, p.1004): केदारनाथ (जिला गढ़वाल, उत्तर प्रदेश) के निकट रहने वाली एक नदी. कहा जाता है यह वही नदी है जिसके किनारे-किनारे पांडव अपने अंतिम समय में हिमालय की पहाड़ियों में गलने के लिए गए थे. [1]