"yayy!! a way has been paved to go back from Kedarnath.. thank you Army guys for clearing the road. :)"

"Face that has seen shades of frost bite, especially the lips and nose. :("

"at Mayapur, a few miles away from Joshimath"

"temperatures went to minus degrees in a matter of hours.. I donned on my warmest attire :)"

"return journey to Devprayag"

"on our way back to Haridwar"

"and in the next five minutes, I twist my ankle. :("

"Helicopter services started the day after our arrival in Kedarnath. Better weather was in. :)"

"yes this is what we crossed on our way up. :)"

"A day before this photo was taken, we had endured a snow blizzard and had been unable to take photos of this route. When this photo was taken, the route was being cleared by the military."

"Our lodge during our stay."

"The actual temple is an impressive stone edifice of unknown date. Unlike Badrinath, no specific family of pujaris supervise rituals at Kedarnath, which focus around veneration of the
stone lingam that rests in the inner sanctum of the temple. Behind the temple is the samadhi mandir of Adi Sankara."

"unrelenting snow that has forgotten it is summer and it's supposed to not fall any more."

"Kedarnath in the morning after the puja ritual"

"crossing another glacier slide by trampling on it again.."