Badrinath temple of India is considered to be one of the holy four shrines of Hinduism. Lord Vishnu is worshipped in this temple. Although it is usually mandatory to play conch shell during worship in any temple, but it is a temple where conch shell is not used. However, behind this a mythical and very mysterious story is hidden, about which you will probably be surprised. Situated on the banks of the Alaknanda River in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, it is an ancient temple, which is evidence of its construction in the seventh-ninth century. It is considered to be one of the busiest pilgrimage centers of India, as lakhs of people come here every year to see Lord Badrinarayan.

This temple has 3.3 feet long statue of Lord Badrinarayan built from Shaligram, which is believed to be established by Adi Shankara, considered an avatar of Lord Shiva, from the nearby Narada Kund in the eighth century. It is also said that this idol appeared on earth on its own. There is a belief behind not playing conch shells in this temple that at one time there was a great terror of demons in the Himalayan region. Even they used to make the sages their morsels. Seeing this demon form, Sage Agastya called Goddess for help, after which Mata Kushmanda appeared as Goddess and destroyed all the demons with her trident.

However, two demons named Aatapi and Vatapi escape the wrath of Goddess Kushmanda. Out of this, Aatapi hid in the Mandakini river while Vatapi went to Badrinath Dham and hid inside a conch. Playing conch shell has been prohibited in Badrinath Dham since then and this tradition continues to this day.

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