New Delhi: Portals of Kedarnath temple opened on Monday (May 17) with a gap ceremony that was held at 5 am. Devotees couldn’t attend the opening ceremony, however preparations had been made for them to have online ‘darshan’. Precaution has been taken in view of the COVID-19 pandemic surge.
On reopening of Kedarnath shrine, Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat tweeted, “Kedarnath shrine was reopened today at 5 am with all the rituals. I pray to Baba Kedarnath to keep everyone healthy.”
“Kedarnath shrine was reopened today at 5 am with all the rituals. I pray to Baba Kedarnath to keep everyone healthy”, tweeted Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat pic.twitter.com/I3rdE5uMcM
— ANI (@ANI) May 17, 2021
Opening ceremony of portals of Kedarnath temple
#WATCH | Opening ceremony of portals of Kedarnath temple, Uttarakhand pic.twitter.com/qW3XiCjDjV
— ANI (@ANI) May 17, 2021
In the wake of the pandemic surge, the Char Dham Devasthanam Board has determined to droop the well-known ‘Char Dham’ yatra however the board has made crucial preparations for a digital ‘go to’. This will facilitate tens of millions of devotees from all throughout the nation to get a ‘darshan’ of the Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri, and Gangotri Dhams shrines, by digital means.
Garhwal Commissioner and Uttarakhand Chardham Devasthanam Board Chief Executive Officer, Ravinath Raman, stated {that a} web site and different mediums are being up to date to permit the devotees to go to the temples by digital means. People related to the temple, nevertheless, will probably be allowed entry with all of the COVID-19 protocols.
Meanwhile, no more than 25 folks every, together with clergymen, teerth purohits, and district administration officers, will attend the opening ceremonies at Yamunotri and Gangotri which will probably be low-key affairs, Gangotri Mandir Samiti official Rajesh Semwal earlier instructed PTI.
Last 12 months additionally, that they had reopened after their closure in winters solely in order that the clergymen might conduct common prayers. The portals of Yamunotri Dham opened at round 12 pm on Friday on the event of Akshay Tritiya, whereas these of Gangotri opened at 07.31 am on Saturday.
Earlier on April 29, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat had introduced the suspension of the Chardham Yatra however stated that the temples would open as per schedule for normal prayers by teerth-purohits solely.
Notably, COVID forged its shadow on the yatra, which is taken into account the spine of the hill economic system.Â
(With Agency Inputs)
