BKTC to light 12,000 diyas and offer ‘Chappan Bhog’ at Badrinath for the first time on Diwali

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.