The doors of Shri Kedarnath Dham were closed for the winter season amidst the devotional sounds of the Indian Army Band.
The doors of Shri Kedarnath Dham were closed for the winter
season amidst the devotional sounds of the Indian Army Band.
• Two and a half thousand pilgrims witnessed the closing of
the doors.
• The entire Kedarnath Dham is covered with a blanket of
snow.
• Kedarnath temple was decorated with flowers on the occasion
of closing of doors.
• Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee President Ajendra
Ajay congratulated on the completion of Kedarnath Yatra.
• Assam Chief Minister's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma and family
members were present on the occasion of closing of the doors.
Kedarnath Dham (Shri-Kedardham Yatra 2023): Amidst the
cold wave and snow, the doors of Shri Kedarnath Dham are closed for winter as
per the rules and regulations at 8.30 am on the auspicious occasion of Bhaiya
Dooj, Wednesday, Kartik month, Shukla Paksha Dwitiya, Scorpio zodiac, Jyestha
nakshatra. Done. Nowadays Shri Kedarnath area is covered with a blanket of
snow. Snow is present up to half a foot. Today the weather remained clear at
the time of Kapat Bandh. On the occasion of the closing of the doors, the
temple was specially decorated with flowers and more than two and a half
thousand pilgrims witnessed the closing of the doors.
During this, Kedarnath echoed with the chants of Jai Shri
Kedar and Om Namah Shivay along with the devotional tunes of the army. After
the doors were closed, the Panchmukhi Doli of Lord Kedarnath along with
thousands of pilgrims left for the first stop Rampur on foot accompanied by the
army bands.
Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) President
Ajendra Ajay had reached Shri Kedarnath on Tuesday for preparations for the
closure of the doors. Today, on this occasion, along with him, Assam Chief
Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma's wife, media veteran Riniki Bhuyan Sharma and
family members were also present on the occasion of closing of the doors.
All these guests had reached Kedarnath Dham on Tuesday
itself. On the occasion of closing of doors, BKTC President Ajendra Ajay
said that under the inspiration of the country's famous Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and the guidance of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Shri Kedarnath
Yatra is being successfully concluded.
In this year, more than nineteen and a half lakh pilgrims
have visited Lord Kedarnath. Had darshan of. He also congratulated all the
institutions associated with the yatra. BKTC Chief Executive Officer
Yogendra Singh said that from the date of opening of doors in Kedarnath Dham
till Tuesday 14th November night, 1957850 (nineteen lakh fifty seven thousand
eight hundred fifty) pilgrims visited Kedarnath Dham.
Today the doors of Shri Kedarnath temple opened in
Brahmamuhurta. Regular worship and darshan took place in the temple, after
which, as part of the process of closing the doors, the make-up was removed
from the self-styled Shivalinga and in the presence of Kedarnath Rawal
Bhimashankar Linga, the priest gave the Shivalinga a samadhi form with local
dry flowers, Brahma Kamal, Kumja and ashes. During this, Shri
Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee Chairman Ajendra Ajay was present the
entire time. Also, officials of District Administration, Police
Administration, Chief Executive Officer Yogendra Singh, officials of Teerth
Purohit Society were present. Samadhi puja was concluded in the sanctum
sanctorum of the temple at exactly 6:30 pm.
After that, the small temples located in the assembly hall
inside the temple were also closed. After this, at exactly 8:30 pm, the south
gate of Kedarnath temple was closed and immediately after that, the east gate.
was also closed. On this occasion, Indian Army, ITBP and donors had
organized bhandaras for the pilgrims.
BKTC media in-charge Dr. Harish Gaur said in the press
release that after the closure of the doors, the Panchmukhi Doli of Shri
Kedarnath Lord will reach the first stop Rampur today. Panchmukhi Doli
will reach Guptkashi on 16th November.
On Friday, November 17, the Panchmukhi idol of Lord Kedarnath
will reach the winter worship place Shri Omkareshwar Temple Ukhimath. After
this, winter worship of Lord Kedarnath will start at the winter worship place
Shri Omkareshwar Temple, Ukhimath. On this occasion, temple committee
member Srinivas Posti, BKTC Chief Executive Officer Yogendra Singh, Tehsildar
Diwan Singh Rana, Executive Officer RC Tiwari, Kedar Sabha President Rajkumar
Tiwari, Police Station Incharge Manjul Rawat Pradeep Semwal, Arvind Shukla,
Devanand Gairola Umaid Negi, Kuldeep Dharmwan, Lalit Trivedi and public
representatives. Pilgrim priests and thousands of pilgrims were present. It
is noteworthy that the doors of Shri Badrinath Dham are closing on 18th
November.
The doors of Shri Gangotri Dham were closed on Tuesday
morning on 14th November on the occasion of Annakoot Govardhan Puja. Shri
Yamunotri Dham is being closed this afternoon for winter.
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