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More than 10,000 pilgrims were stranded on the Kedarnath yatra route late Tuesday after a landslide blocked the Sonprayag-Gaurikund highway in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag amid continuous rain. The landslide hit the key Char Dham route during peak pilgrimage season as erratic weather continues to affect pilgrimage routes in Uttarakhand, report Gaurav Talwar & Kautilya Singh. The…
Some stories on the internet do not try to go viral but still end up touching thousands of people. A simple travel moment, shared from a mountain route, is now getting a lot of attention online. It is not about a destination or a big event, but about two elderly women whose way of living…
A sepia-toned photograph from 1882 was recently shared by Anand Mahindra on his X profile. The photograph might be over a century old, but the feeling it captures remains the same. The picture is of Kedarnath Dham in Uttarakhand and is hauntingly beautiful. It belongs to the era when there were no proper roads, horses…
Dehradun: A case has been registered against unidentified persons for allegedly damaging public property at the Kedarnath shrine on Friday.Police said the case was registered under Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act on a complaint lodged by the supervisor of a privately run public toilet facility.CO Rudraprayag Vikas Pundir said…
With the reopening of Kedarnath Dham for the new pilgrimage season, thousands of devotees are once again heading to one of India’s most sacred shrines in the Himalayas. Every year, major pilgrimage destinations like this attract enormous crowds seeking faith, fulfilment and spiritual peace. But when visitor numbers rise sharply within a short seasonal window,…
Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan has been asked to submit an affidavit if she wishes to seek blessings at the revered Badrinath Temple and Kedarnath Temple. On Tuesday, Badri-Kedar Temple Committee Chairman Hemant Dwivedi addressed the media and stated that, going forward, all non-Hindus will be required to submit an affidavit if they wish to…
DEHRADUN: The Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) has approved a proposal to bar “non-Sanatanis” – people who do not follow Sanatan Dharma – from entering 47 temples under its jurisdiction in Uttarakhand, including Badrinath and Kedarnath. The decision was taken at the temple committee’s budget meeting at its Dehradun office, chaired by BKTC chairman Hemant Dwivedi….
The 38th annual flower show, organized by the horticulture department of the Noida Authority, has already started and has come up with its biggest draw yet, which is a breathingly beautiful and grand floral model of the revered Kedarnath Temple.The model, made entirely out of flowers, is a recreation of the iconic temple dedicated to…
Kedarnath Dham to reopen for devotees on April 22 NEW DELHI: The sacred Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand will reopen its doors to devotees on April 22, marking the end of its nearly six-month winter closure, a temple committee official said on Sunday.The auspicious date and timing were finalised on the occasion of Mahashivratri at the…
DEHRADUN: Close on the heels of a proposal to restrict the entry of non-Hindus at 105 ghats in the Kumbh area at Haridwar, Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC), which administers the Char Dham shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath and 47 other temples, is considering a similar move at the shrines under it. The proposal is expected…
