Chardham Yatra Season Ends As Badrinath Temple Shuts Portals
Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri have already been closed.
Gopeshwar (Uttarakhand):
The portals of Badrinath had been closed for the wintry weather season on Saturday night, ringing down the curtains in this 12 months’s Chardham Yatra.
Rawal Ishwari Prasad Namboodiri performed the flowery rituals that lasted all the way through the day earlier than closure of the temple gates for guests precisely at 6.45 pm, a Devasthanam Board authentic stated.
Greater than 4,000 pilgrims had been provide on the temple on Saturday to witness the closure rite, he stated.
A complete of one,97,056 pilgrims visited Badrinath temple this 12 months.
The closure of Badrinath marks the top of the Chardham Yatra season as it’s the remaining of the 4 Himalayan temples to be closed in Uttarakhand.
Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri have already been closed.
Uttarakhand Governor Lt gen (retd.) Gurmit Singh and Leader Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed happiness on the yatra being performed effectively regardless of Covid restrictions.
Chardham Yatra used to be opened for pilgrims as past due as in September this 12 months because of the second one wave of Covid.
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