Tag: Gangotri
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Badrinath closed for winter break
Over five thousand devotees participated in the closing ceremony of Badrinath temple on Thursday.
November 19, 2020 -
Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri to close for winter break, dates announced
The Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board, a state government body managing the four shrines, announced the closing dates of the four famous Hindu temples located in Uttarakhand Himalayas on Sunday.
October 26, 2020 -
‘Char Dhams’ witness a surge in number of pilgrims now
The increase in tourist movement has brought huge relief to businessmen and people involved in the tourism industry.
October 3, 2020 -
Gangotri, Yamunotri shrines reopen in Uttarakhand
Amidst chanting of Vedic hymns and chant of ‘Ganga mata ki jai’ the Gangotri shrine, located in district Uttarkashi, reopened at 12:35 pm on Sunday. The portals of Yamunotri shrine were reopened, after six month of winter break, at 12.41 p.m.
April 26, 2020 -
The polluted glaciers
With the economic and developmental activities accelerating at a fast pace, there has been a corresponding increase in human activities. While figures of a few lakhs of tourists and pilgrims are quoted, we often tend to overlook the related increase in vehicular traffic and particularly those of diesel vehicles. Since time immemorial, Ganga and Gangotri have been sacred to multitudes of our countrymen and hence the sensitivity about any regulatory measures in understandable. But ultimately these will have to be balanced.
March 29, 2020 -
Uttarakhand assembly passes bill for forming board to manage 51 Hindu shrines
Right from the day news about Uttarakhand government forming a bill on lines of the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board and other trusts came into light the Teerth Purohits began staging protest.
December 11, 2019 -
Gangotri dham, Yamunotri dham portals now open for pilgrims
The Uttarakhand tourism department has also issued an advisory to the pilgrims for carrying woollens as cold weather prevails in towns located in the high Himalayas.
May 7, 2019 -
Gangotri, Yamunotri shrine portals reopen, Char Dham Yatra begins
About 2,000 pilgrims attended the opening ceremony on Wednesday
April 18, 2018 -
Key bridge connecting Gangotri collapses
A crucial bridge connecting hundred of villages on the Sino-Indian border and major pilgrimage centre Gangotri collapsed for the second time in less than four months at Uttarkashi on Sunday. The Gangotri bridge had earlier collapsed on 14 December last year, when two overloaded vehicles crossed it at the same time. This time an overloaded …
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April 2, 2018 -
Gangotri, Yamunotri shrines to reopen on April 18
The gates of the sacred Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines in Uttarakhand will open for devotees on April 18, ‘Akshaya Tritiya’ – a day considered holy by Hindus, an official said on Friday. According to the stars, as read by astrologers and priests, the Yamunotri shrine will be opened amid chanting of vedic hymns at 12.15 …
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March 23, 2018 -
The turgid river
The Ganga originates in the glacial peaks of Gangotri and flows to a point below Farakka, where it bifurcates. The main channel, known as Padma, flows towards Bangladesh, while the other channel called Bhagirathi enters India at a place close to Jangipur in Murshidabad district. Lower down, the name of Bhagirathi changes to Hooghly. The …
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December 29, 2017