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Adi Badri
पान्च बद्रि
Chamoli, Uttarakhand · 30.1559°, 79.2270°
VishnuLate Gupta; foundation traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara—Sapta Badri
Sacred since
400 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
late Gupta period (5th–8th c.)
Late Gupta; foundation traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara
History & significance
A cluster of small stone shrines at Adibadri in Chamoli district, some 17 km beyond Karnaprayag, counted among the Sapta Badri. Assigned to the late Gupta period, it gave pilgrims a place to worship Vishnu when the high shrine at Badrinath was shut by snow.