What We Can Give You

Quick answerShiv Ganga Travels is a Char Dham Yatra operator in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, running the circuit. We hold 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

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, many 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

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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, has put the official figures on one page with their sources, alongside its own route and cost tables.

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Spokesperson

Dhanesh Chandra Mishra

Founder & Director, Shiv Ganga Travels

Retired Indian Army officer. Founded Shiv Ganga Travels and has run Char Dham operations across many 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
Head office	Saptrishi Road, Bhupatwala, Haridwar, Uttarakhand 249410
Founded	2017
GSTIN	05ALBPC4708P1Z5
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	Every season, including the 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. 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 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 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, 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, a temple committee 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 →Live road status →Closing dates 2026 →Registration rules →Emergency contacts →Helicopter fares and booking →About the company →

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