The doorways of Kedarnath Dham opened to pilgrims on Tuesday morning, amid the chanting of shlokas (hymns) and loud drumbeats. Kedarnath Temple Chief Priest Jagadguru Rawal Bhima Shankar Ling Shivacharya opened the portals.

The Kedarnath temple is likely one of the most revered temples within the nation devoted to Lord Shiva and other people from throughout the nation go to the temple throughout the six months when the temple is open. On Tuesday, 1000’s of devotees gathered on the temple to witness the grand opening and waited to enter the shrine.

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami additionally paid a go to to the holy Kedarnath Dham and supplied prayers because the temple doorways opened for devotees. To mark the event, a number of devotees performed loud drumbeats and danced on the streets as part of the celebration and chanted “Jai bholenath” and “Har-Har Mahadev” slogans.

Ahead of the opening of one of many nation’s holiest pilgrimage websites, the abode of Lord Shiva was embellished with 20 quintals of flowers. The first batch of pilgrims left Haridwar for the Char Dham Yatra on Saturday and the Yatra started from Yamunotri Dham on the auspicious event of Akshay Tritiya.

According to the Uttarakhand authorities, until now, greater than 17 lakh registrations have been carried out for Char Dham Yatra. They suggested the pilgrims to start out their journey after contemplating the climate forecast.

The yatra resumed after the climate situation improved in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag on Tuesday morning, knowledgeable the police. Uttarakhand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar advised ANI, “As weather conditions have improved, pilgrims are allowed to visit the Kedarnath Dham”, DGP Ashok Kumar mentioned.

Security has been strengthened at numerous locations in view of the identical, knowledgeable the police. (ANI)

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