Badrinath opens after winter closure

The well-known temple of Badrinath within the higher Himalayan area of Uttarakhand opened after the winter break early on Tuesday amid conventional rituals.

The chief priest of the temple, Ishwar Prasad Namboodiri, opened the portals of the temple at 4.15 a.m. chanting Vedic hymns and praying for the well-being of all.

However, the opening ceremony was a subdued affair with solely a restricted variety of individuals, together with the monks, the Dharmadhikari and administrative officers, attending it in compliance with the COVID-19 normal working process.

In regular circumstances, hundreds of individuals flip up on the high-altitude temple devoted to Vishnu to witness its opening ceremony.

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For the second consecutive 12 months, the temple witnessed a easy, thinly-attended opening ceremony.

The temple was embellished with round eight quintals of marigolds on the event.

With the opening of Badrinath, all of the 4 Himalayan temples generally known as char dham are actually open in Uttarakhand.

Kedarnath opened on Monday whereas Yamunotri and Gangotri opened on May 14 and 15 respectively.

However, they’ve been saved out of bounds for pilgrims in the meanwhile because of the coronavirus pandemic.

It is being hoped that the pilgrims might be allowed to go to the temples after the pandemic subsides.