Hemant Dwivedi, Chairman of the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee, on Tuesday defended the banning of the entry of non-Hindus in the Shri Badrinath and Kedarnath Dhams, saying that the proposal is being tabled to maintain the sanctity of the temples.
After an unprecedented number of devotees turned up at the Badrinath and Kedarnath Dhams, the Uttarakhand government has deployed Yatra Magistrates at these revered sites for crowd management.