Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kedarnath on November 5 to offer prayers and inaugurate Kedarpuri reconstruction projects worth Rs 250 crore
The sacred portals of Kedarnath and Yamunotri temples in Uttarakhand will be closed for winter this year on November 6 while those of Gangotri will be shut on November 5.
The Uttarakhand government on Wednesday decided to constitute a high-powered committee to look into the Chardham Devasthanam Board Act and suggest "positive amendments" in it.
The portals of Kedarnath opened on Monday after a six-month winter break with the first puja being held by priests on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The temple will be reopened for devotees at 4.15 am on May 18, a Chardham Devasthanam Board official said
Indiscriminate construction is destroying Uttarakhand
The portals of Kedarnath were closed for winters on the occasion of Bhai Dooj on Monday amid heavy snowfall at the Himalayan temple.
There are 2028 glacial lakes and water bodies in the Himalayan region catchment which contribute to rivers flowing across India
The then CM of Uttarakhand avers that circumstances in the aftermath of the massive flood forced him to reject the proposal of Modi, then CM of Gujarat, to reconstruct Kedarnath
The aircraft had crashed at the helipad near the Kedarnath shrine a few days back
The districts where the film has been banned include Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital, Udham Singh Nagar, Pauri, Tehri and Almora
BJP leader wrote a letter to censor board chief Prasoon Joshi, bringing his attention to setting of film -- a tragedy that took place in 2013 at Kedarnath