Uttarkashi: The portals of Yamunotri temple within the Himalayas had been opened on Friday with solely a choose group of monks and administrative officers attending the low-key ceremony amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
The entry of pilgrims has been barred in view of the pandemic.
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It is for the second consecutive 12 months that the temple has witnessed a subdued opening after its six-month closure throughout winter.
The temple gates had been opened at 12.15 pm on the event of Akshay Tritiya within the presence of simply round 25 folks together with ‘teerth purohits’ and administrative officers, teerth purohit of Yamunotri temple Pawan Uniyal stated.
The first puja after the opening of the temple gates was carried out on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he stated.
The SOP had restricted the quantity of people that may attend the opening ceremony to 25.
The chardham yatra together with the pilgrimage to Yamunotri has been cancelled this 12 months in view of the surge in COVID circumstances.
However, the portals of the 4 Himalayan temples also called chardham will open as scheduled just for monks to carry out common puja.
Gangotri temple will open on Saturday, Kedarnath on May 17 and Badrinath on May 18.
