Bhadrinath, Or Bndrinaft, a town of British India, in the district of Gurhwal, Northwestern Provinces, situated on the right bank of the Vishnu-gunga or Bishengunga, 55 m. N. E. of Serinagar. It is situated in a valley of the Himalaya, 10,000 ft. above the level of the sea, the neighboring Bbadrinath peaks being 21,- 000 to 23,000 ft. high. It is celebrated for a temple of Vishnu, supposed to be of ancient origin, though the present building is modern. Below it is a tank 30 ft. square, which by means of a subterraneous communication is supplied with water from a thermal spring. In this tank the sexes bathe indiscriminately, and the ablution and the worship of the chief idol, which is a figure of black marble arrayed in gold and silver brocade, is regarded as efficacious in washing awray sins. Nearly 50,-000 pilgrims visit the shrine every 12th year, during the celebration of the Kumbh Mela festival. In ordinary years the number of pilgrims is much less. From November to April the temple is closed on account of the cold.