Pilgrimage season in Uttarakhand picks up pace as lakhs prepare for Char Dham Yatra, with revised rules, improved safety systems and multiple travel options shaping this year’s journey.
Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan said that QR codes providing information on pilgrims' routines will be displayed at various locations during the yatra season.
The annual pilgrimage to Kedarnath will commence on April 22 this year, while the sacred Char Dham Yatra will begin on the auspicious occasion of Akshay Tritiya, which falls on April 19. The portals of the Badrinath shrine will open on April 23.
The decision to ban camera and mobile phones was taken in a meeting held to take stock of the preparations for the upcoming chardham pilgrimage under the leadership of Garhwal Commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey.
The portals of the Badrinath Shrine were closed for the winter season on Tuesday as per traditional rituals and the chanting of Vedic Mantras in the presence of a huge crowd of devotees
The ITBP platoons were deployed at Badrinath and Kedarnath shrines on Sunday as the Centre agreed to the Pushkar Singh Dhami government's demand that better security arrangents were needed in the area during winters.
Hitting out at the party further, Yogi alleged when the Congress was in power at the Centre and in the state, it had abandoned victims of the Kedarnath tragedy.
Amidst ongoing assembly elections in five states, Rahul Gandhi's sudden visit to Kedarnath has taken many by surprise.
BSP supremo Mayawati slammed SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya, saying it is a purely political statement only giving rise to new controversies.
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.
