About this stamp
Gangotri
Gangotri is the shrine of the goddess Ganga, revered for her forbearance and sacrifice. The temple faces the Bhagirathi river, which rises at the Gaumukh glacier about 18 km away, among some of the most beautiful scenery of the Himalaya.
On the Stamp
The ₹10 stamp shows the white temple with its domes and spires against rocky mountains.
One of four stamps issued on 29 November 2019 on Char Dham, Uttarakhand: Yamunotri and Gangotri at ₹10, Kedarnath and Badrinath at ₹15. The Char Dham Yatra takes in all four holy sites, and in Hindu tradition the journey is complete only when the devotee visits all of them. The stamps were designed by Alka Sharma, with text by Anika Singh, and printed by wet offset at the Security Printing Press, Hyderabad, in sheetlets, 25,000 of each of five types.
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