Kedarnath Dham Opened With Chants of 'Har Har Mahadev' And Vedic Chants

Kedarnath Dham: The doors of Kedarnath located in Devbhoomi Uttarakhand were opened for the devotees at 7 am on Friday with rituals. During this, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was also present. The doors opened amid the Vedic chanting of the priests and the cheers of the devotees and during this time flowers were showered on the devotees from helicopter. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was also present on this occasion. Earlier on Thursday, Baba Kedar's Panchmukhi Chal Vigraha Utsav Doli had reached Kedarnath Dham. More than 15 thousand devotees had already reached for Baba's darshan and as soon as the doors opened on Thursday morning, the entire Dham echoed with the chants of 'Har-Har Mahadev' and 'Bam-Bam Bhole'. On this occasion,

Baba Kedar's temple was decorated in a grand manner with 108 quintals of flowers.

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Police officials took stock of security preparations

On Thursday, the state's DGP Deepam Seth and Additional Director General of Police (Crime and Law and Order) Shri V. Murugeshan visited Shri Badrinath and Shri Kedarnath Dham and inspected the security arrangements and other preparations.

Token system is being implemented for crowd management

This time, token system is being implemented for crowd control in Kedarnath Yatra, which will be effective from the first day itself. The DGP gave instructions to increase the number of token counters, give information to the passengers through PA system and display slots and numbers on the screen. He also talked about streamlining the deployment of ATS and paramilitary forces.

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Phones are banned in the temple

Guidelines have been issued for pilgrims in Kedarnath. Use of mobile phones is not allowed within 30 meters of the Kedarnath temple complex. If found doing reels or photo shoots, mobile phones will be confiscated and a fine of Rs 5000 may have to be paid

Summary

Every year, due to heavy snowfall in winter, the doors of Baba Kedarnath temple are closed. As soon as summer arrives, the doors of the temple open again, and Baba Kedar blesses the devotees by giving them darshan.

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