 Adi Shankara was believed to have revived this temple, along with Badrinath and other temples of Uttarakhand; he is believed to have attained Mahasamadhi at Kedaranath.Behind the temple is the samādhi mandir of Adi Sankara.The head priest ("Raval") of the Kedarnath temple belongs to the Veerashaiva community from Karnataka.