Uttarakhand is known as Dev Bhoomi (Land of the Gods) because it is the land of great pilgrimages, sacred temples and places that attracts millions of pilgrims and spiritual seekers to achieve enlightenment. The pilgrimage of the 4 dham to the Garhwal region is considered the holiest place in India: Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri. These four ancient temples also mark the spiritual source of four sacred rivers: the Yamuna River (Yamunotri), the Ganges or Ganges (Gangotri), the Mandakini River (Kedarnath), and the Alaknanda River (Badrinath).

Char Dhams are the four famous Hindu holy pilgrimage sites, located among the high peaks of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand. This Hindu pilgrimage to Char Dham consists of four places: Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. All these places are considered highly temples by the Hindu religion. It is the last wish of every Hindu to visit the holy shrines at least once in his life for salvation (moksha).

According to Hinduism, the pilgrim Tirthayatra (Teerth Yatra) is one of the five duties of every Hindu, along with the Dharma, worship, sanskaras and the observance of religious festivals. A pilgrimage is an exercise of will, humility and faith as the devotee travels to often difficult places, leaving his problems at the feet of the deity and forgetting everything but God. A pilgrimage is an intimate experience, a direct link between the seeker and the sacred. A devotee makes a pilgrimage to see holy men and women, worship at holy shrines, and receive darshan from deities at ancient shrines. A pilgrim travels to see that God has a life-changing, happy, karma-eliminating contact with the divine.