BKTC will also fast-track the deployment of a dedicated security team at Badrinath Temple as investigators probe the alleged money trail linked to the suspected misappropriation of devotees' donations.
Investigators claim CCTV footage captured the suspended BKTC employee repeatedly moving between the donation counting room and his office. The Uttarakhand High Court is also hearing his challenge against the suspension and FIR.
The Uttarakhand government is planning to rename the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) to overcome technical hindrances in the working of its affiliated committees. Preparations are underway to change the name of the 86-year-old British-era committee amidst an ongoing probe into the theft of donations at Badrinath Temple.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has accepted the demand of the Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) and Gangotri Priests Association for prevention of entry of non Hindus in Chardham shrines.
Deviating from its traditional celebrations, the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) will, for the first time, light 12,000 diyas and offer Chappan Bhog to Goddess Lakshmi at the Badrinath shrine campus this Deepawali on Monday.
The doors of Shri Kedarnath Dham will officially reopen on May 2 while that of Shri Badrinath Dham will open on May 4, a spokesperson from the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) said.
BKTC has opposed the allegations labeled by the Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand that 228 kilograms of gold-plating was missing from the walls of Kedarnath shrine sanctum sanctorum.
The issue of clicking photos in the sanctum sanctorum of Famous Hindu shrine of Kedarnath in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand has again hit the headlines following photo of a famous religious preacher Morari Bapu going viral and Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) imposing a fine on the person who clicked the photo and made it viral on social media.
