Kedarnath Temple

More than 20,000 devotees are visiting the temple daily and due to the pilgrims' rush places such as Sonprayag, Ukhimath and Kedarnath are packed, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force said.

The Uttarakhand Char Dham yatra began today with the portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri temples in Uttarkashi district thrown open to devotees on the occasion of Akshay Tritiya.

The sacred portals of Kedarnath will open for devotees this year at 6:25 am on May 6.

Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the development of the area around the Kedarnath temple after the 2013 disaster, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat said today people are mediating in "caves built by us".

The Himalayan temple of Kedarnath and the high altitude areas of Chamoli district received the season's first snowfall on Thursday while it drizzled in the lower areas intensifying the chill across the state.

The live telecast of prayers by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kedarnath and the presence of BJP leaders in the temple premises with their shoes on has kicked up a controversy, with the Congress terming it a violation of traditions.

Several BJP leaders who had gone to a temple in Haryana to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi's live telecast from Kedarnath temple found themselves surrounded by farmers.

Congress leader Harish Rawat on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kedarnath temple, ahead of the assembly elections in Uttarakhand, was for BJP's marketing and making a political speech.

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated various development projects at Kedarnath, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said that offering prayers at Kedarnath Temple will now be easier.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kedarnath on Friday morning and offered prayers at the Shiva temple there.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Uttarakhand, the Kedarnath Temple was decorated with eight quintals of flowers on the eve of Diwali on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand on Friday where he will unveil the statue, and inaugurate the Samadhi of Adi Shankaracharya which has been reconstructed after its destruction in the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday visited Kedarnath to review the preparations in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Himalayan temple on November 5.

Former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had to face the ire of teerth purohits in Kedarnath on Monday as he arrived at the Himalayan temple to offer prayers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has contributed to Kedarnath what could not be done for the Himalayan temple in centuries, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Thursday.

More than 20,000 devotees are visiting the temple daily and due to the pilgrims' rush places such as Sonprayag, Ukhimath and Kedarnath are packed, Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force said.

The Uttarakhand Char Dham yatra began today with the portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri temples in Uttarkashi district thrown open to devotees on the occasion of Akshay Tritiya.

The sacred portals of Kedarnath will open for devotees this year at 6:25 am on May 6.

Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the development of the area around the Kedarnath temple after the 2013 disaster, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat said today people are mediating in "caves built by us".

The Himalayan temple of Kedarnath and the high altitude areas of Chamoli district received the season's first snowfall on Thursday while it drizzled in the lower areas intensifying the chill across the state.

The live telecast of prayers by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Kedarnath and the presence of BJP leaders in the temple premises with their shoes on has kicked up a controversy, with the Congress terming it a violation of traditions.

Several BJP leaders who had gone to a temple in Haryana to watch Prime Minister Narendra Modi's live telecast from Kedarnath temple found themselves surrounded by farmers.

Congress leader Harish Rawat on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kedarnath temple, ahead of the assembly elections in Uttarakhand, was for BJP's marketing and making a political speech.

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated various development projects at Kedarnath, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said that offering prayers at Kedarnath Temple will now be easier.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kedarnath on Friday morning and offered prayers at the Shiva temple there.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Uttarakhand, the Kedarnath Temple was decorated with eight quintals of flowers on the eve of Diwali on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand on Friday where he will unveil the statue, and inaugurate the Samadhi of Adi Shankaracharya which has been reconstructed after its destruction in the 2013 Uttarakhand floods.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday visited Kedarnath to review the preparations in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Himalayan temple on November 5.

Former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had to face the ire of teerth purohits in Kedarnath on Monday as he arrived at the Himalayan temple to offer prayers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has contributed to Kedarnath what could not be done for the Himalayan temple in centuries, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Thursday.