What We Can Give You
Quick answerShiv Ganga Travels is a Char Dham Yatra operator in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, running the circuit since 2010. We hold sixteen years of route, cost, footfall and safety data and make it available to news organisations free of charge, with attribution. Our founder is available for comment on yatra logistics, road conditions, pilgrim safety and helicopter operations, in Hindi or English.
📊 Data, free to use
Sixteen years of operator records — pilgrim volumes, route distances, real cost breakdowns, hotel booking patterns, weather-related closures. Available as a spreadsheet on request. Attribution is all we ask.
🗣️ A named person, on the record
Dhanesh Chandra Mishra, founder, retired Indian Army officer, sixteen seasons on this route. Not a press office. He will give you a straight answer, including when the answer is unhelpful to us.
📰 Releases in wire format
Dateline, nut graf, sourced figures, attributable quote, boilerplate. Written so a sub-editor can lift them without rewriting. No adjectives you would have to strip.
🏔️ Ground access during season
April to November we have vehicles and staff on the route daily. If you need a photograph, a condition check or someone at Gaurikund this morning, ask.
Press Releases
Data16 August 2026
Char Dham registrations cross 50 lakh in 2026, with Kedarnath and Badrinath alone recording over 30 lakh darshans
Char Dham Yatra registrations for the 2026 season passed 50 lakh by 13 August, and Kedarnath and Badrinath together had recorded 30,62,228 darshans by 11 August. Shiv Ganga Travels, a Haridwar operator running the circuit since 2010, has published its own sixteen-year dataset alongside the official figures and made it free for news organisations to use.
Read the full release →Company12 August 2026
Haridwar Char Dham operator cuts all 39 package prices by 25 per cent mid-season
Shiv Ganga Travels has cut the price of all 39 of its Char Dham road packages by 25 per cent with immediate effect, mid-season and with no minimum group size attached. Its flagship Char Dham package falls from ₹18,500 to ₹13,900 per person. Helicopter charter fares are unchanged.
Read the full release →Spokesperson
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Dhanesh Chandra Mishra
Founder & Director, Shiv Ganga Travels
Retired Indian Army officer. Founded Shiv Ganga Travels in 2010 and has run Char Dham operations through sixteen seasons, including the rebuilding years after the 2013 Kedarnath disaster. Available for comment on yatra logistics, route and road conditions, pilgrim safety, helicopter operations, and seasonal demand.
Available for comment on
- Route and road-condition briefings during the yatra season
- Pilgrim safety, altitude and medical-screening policy
- Helicopter ticketing, UCADA fares and the fake-booking problem
- Seasonal demand, pricing and how a small operator competes with aggregators
- On-the-ground colour from Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri
Fast Facts
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 |
| Head office | Saptrishi Road, Bhupatwala, Haridwar, Uttarakhand 249410 |
| Registration | Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board |
| Operating model | Direct operator — own vehicles, drivers and hotel contracts |
| Circuits operated | Char Dham, Do Dham, Teen Dham, Ek Dham, Panch Kedar, Panch Badri, Adi Kailash |
| Seasons operated | 2010 – present, including post-2013 rebuilding years |
Boilerplate
Copy and paste. Short version, for a standard story foot:
Shiv Ganga Travels is a Char Dham Yatra tour operator based in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, founded in 2010 and registered with the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board. It operates road and helicopter pilgrimages to Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath.
Long version, for profiles and features:
Shiv Ganga Travels is a Char Dham Yatra tour operator based in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Founded in 2010 by Dhanesh Chandra Mishra, a retired Indian Army officer, the company runs road and helicopter pilgrimages to the four Himalayan shrines of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath, along with Do Dham, Teen Dham, Panch Kedar and Panch Badri circuits. It is registered with the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board and operates as a direct operator rather than an aggregator, handling its own vehicles, drivers and hotel contracts. The company has run pilgrimages through every season since 2010, including the years following the 2013 Kedarnath floods.
Using Our Images and Figures
Photographs and figures published in this newsroom may be reproduced by news organisations without charge, with attribution to Shiv Ganga Travels. Where a figure is sourced to Uttarakhand Tourism, the Devasthanam Board or another third party, please carry that attribution instead of ours. High-resolution images and the underlying operator data are available on request.
Background Resources
These are the pages journalists ask for most often. All are maintained rather than published once and abandoned.
Char Dham statistics 2010–2026 →Live road status →Opening dates 2026 →Closing dates 2026 →Registration rules →Booking scams and fake portals →Emergency contacts →Helicopter fares and booking →Altitude and medical screening →About the company →
On deadline?
Fastest response is WhatsApp during season (April–November), when he is frequently on the route and away from email.