How To Reach Kanatal

About Kanatal

Kanatal, where ‘Kana’ means dried and ‘Tal’ means pond in the local dialect of Tehri Garhwal. When a lake got dried up in the area, the local people started calling it Kanatal.

It is also believed that Sati, the daughter of Daksh the King, wanted to marry Shiva, but as he had a bad image of Shiva, the king was against this. However, Sati got married to Shiva against her father's choice. After that, Daksh performed a yajna and Bramha, Vishnu, and other Gods and Goddesses but Shiva was invited. Due to this, Sati was deeply hurt and insists Shiva come, despite being uninvited. Upon Shiva’s arrival, Daksh insulted him in front of everyone. Sati was devastated by this insult of her husband by her father and jumped into the fire and died. After this incident, Shiva opened his third eye and started performing Tandava in anger and took Sati's dead body out of the fire and roamed the earth, carrying his dead wife on his shoulders. The whole universe was in trouble and to stop this, Lord Vishnu cut Sati's body into 5 parts. Wherever her parts of the body fell, the place is believed to be converted into Shaktipeethas. The head part of the Sati fell here at Sikunda(Where the head fell) and eventually, the place came to be known as Surkanda. Surkanda Devi temple is considered as one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of Goddess Sati.

How To Reach Kanatal

Kanatal By Air

Jolly Grant Airport is the closest airport to Kanatal located 77KMs from Kanatal with well-retained roads and easily covered approx 3 hours. Taxi is also easily accessible from Jolly Grant Airport to Kanatal. Jolly Grant Airport is well connected to Delhi and also with regular flights.

Regular flights from New Delhi to Dehradun are Vistara, Indigo, Go First, Spice Jet
Regular flights from Mumbai to Dehradun are Vistara, Indigo, Air Asia, Go First, Spice Jet.
Regular flights from Chandigarh to Dehradun are Vistara, Indigo, Air Asia, Go First, Spice Jet.

Time Taken by the fastest flights are:

New Delhi to Dehradun: 1 hour 5 minutes approximately.
Mumbai to Dehradun: 2 hours 15 minutes approximately.
Chandigarh to Dehradun: 4 hours 35 minutes approximately.

Kanatal By Train

The two closest railway stations connected with Kanatal are Yog Nagri Rishikesh and Dehradun. Dehradun is situated approx 76KMs and Rishikesh approx 78KMs. Cab or Taxi and buses are available from both destinations to Kanatal. Kanatal is well connected by roads with both destinations. Dehradun and Rishikesh are well connected by railway with vital destinations of India.

Trains from New Delhi to Haridwar: Mussoorie Express, Ujjaini Express, Uttaranchal Express, Kalinga Utkal Express, etc.
Trains from Mumbai to Haridwar: Bandra Terminus-Haridwar Express, Mumbai LTT-Haridwar Express, Kochuveli, Yog Nagri Rishikesh, etc.
Trains from Chandigarh to Haridwar: Hemkunt Express, Amritsar-Dehradun Express, Amritsar-Haridwar Jan Shatabdi Express, etc.

Time Taken By Fastest Trains:

New Delhi to Haridwar: 4 hours 13 minutes approximately.
Mumbai to Haridwar: 25 hours 25 minutes approximately.
Chandigarh to Haridwar: 2 hours 19 minutes approximately.

Kanatal By Road

Kanatal is well connected with roads, located on Mussoorie-Chamba road. Buses facility available to Mussoorie, Rishikesh, and Chamba is easily accessible from ISBT Kashmiri Gate.Taxi/Cabs and Buses are available from most of the destinations of Uttarakhand state e.g. Dehradun, Haridwar, Tehri, Chamba, Rishikesh, and Mussoorie, etc. Kanatal to Delhi distance approx 335KMs it will take almost 7Hrs to reach.

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