Badrinath (sometimes Badrinath) is located at an altitude of about 3000 meters in the Garhwal district of the state of Uttaranchal in northern India. Badrinath Temple stands at an altitude of 3133 meters above sea level. Badrinath is located at a distance of approximately 20-30 km. from the border with Chinese Tibet in the north-eastern part of Uttaranchala on the right bank of the Alakananda, which is one of the rivers making up the Ganges.