According to Dr Harish Gaud, Media In-Charge of the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC), all shrines will reopen for devotees on the morning of September 8, following the purification rituals.
The deceased have been identified as Captain Rajbir Singh Chauhan (39), resident of Jaipur, Vikram Rawat (47)-- a Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee representative and resident of Rasi, Vinod Devi (66), resident of Uttar Pradesh, Trishti Singh (19), resident of Uttar Pradesh, Rajkumar S
He said, This place is a 7 km trekking route. NDRF and SDRF teams have been sent there... According to the information received from locals, there is no possibility of anyone surviving. There were six people in this helicopter, including the pilot Chauhan. One of the passengers was a child,
In a post on X, he said, "Today, I left from Sahastradhara helipad, Dehradun with my family to visit Kedarnath Dham, one of the four Dhams, to have darshan of Mahadev, the God of Gods."
In a remarkable display of faith and devotion, the Uttarakhand Char Dham Yatra has attracted immense enthusiasm from devotees across India and overseas.
Rudraprayag Police have registered an FIR after a viral video showed youths dancing and playing DJ music at Kedarnath temple. The video, which raised concerns over the temple's sanctity, was clarified not to be from after the temple gates opened. Police are investigating the incident and hav
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday asserted that the safe travel of the devotees at the Kedarnath Temple is the state government's top priority.
As the doors of the Kedarnath Dham are set to open tomorrow, the security forces have been deployed for the security and management of the devotees, the officials said on Thursday.
The Lord Kedarnath temple is being adorned with 13 quintals of flowers as the doors of Kedarnath Dham are set to open on Friday. Baba Kedarnath's idol will arrive at Kedarnath Dham on May 1. The doors of Baba Kedarnath will open for devotees on May 2 at 7 am.
The doors of Shri Kedarnath Dham will officially reopen on May 2, a spokesperson from the Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) said on Friday.