The Ancient Prophecy of Shankaracharya About Joshimath and the Self Manifesting Deity at Bhavishya Badri

In the last few days there have been many news reports of cracks appearing on roads and buildings at Joshimath near to Badrinath. Even the ancient Narasimha temple established by Adi Shankaracharya is said to be cracking.

Seeing these news reports I thought to repost what I wrote in 2013 about the prophecy of the Joshimath Narasimha deity breaking and Bhavishya Badri (the “future Badrinath”) manifesting. These were told to me by sadhus who stayed at Tapovan and Bhavishya Badri back in 2008.

Here is one of many recent news articles highlighting the cracks appearing in buildings throughout Joshimath:

Hundred of houses and buildings have begun developing cracks throughout the city. Even the crystal shivalinga in one of the local temples has cracked.

Seeing these news articles, I was immediately reminded of the stories told to me by sadhus who stayed at Tapovan and Bhavishya Badri back in 2008. These are ancient prophecies that have been handed down from sadhu to sadhu for thousands of years from the time of Adi Shankaracharya.