The Sacred Trek
Where Lord Shiva's
navel rests in the
ancient stone.
Madhmaheshwar — Dwitiya Kedar, the second of the legendary Panch Kedar — is no ordinary destination. Sitting at 3,497 meters in the Garhwal Himalayas, it is the only place on earth where, according to scripture, the navel (madhya) of Lord Shiva himself emerged from the ground when he hid from the Pandavas as a bull.
The trek begins from our base camp at Uniyana Ransi, climbs through dense rhododendron and oak forests, crosses the roaring Madmaheshwar Ganga at Bantoli, and ascends through emerald meadows where wild horses graze beneath the towering Chaukhamba.
We are a community of local Garhwali trekkers who have walked this trail since childhood. We do not sell trips. We share a path our grandfathers walked.