At a height of ,  from Rishikesh, on the shores of Mandakini river, a tributary of Ganga, is a stone edifice of unknown date. It is not certain who built the original Kedarnath temple and when.
A stone edifice located at a height above Rishikesh, near the Mandakini river, which is a tributary of Ganga, has an unknown origin. It is unclear who constructed the original Kedarnath temple and when it was built.