Char Dham Yatra moves towards its conclusion, Gangotri gates will be closed tomorrow, Yamunotri and Kedarnath auspicious time will be the day after tomorrow
Now only two days are left for the doors of Kedarnath Dham located in Rudraprayag district to be closed. The process of closing the doors of Baba Kedar has started. On Wednesday, October 29, the doors of Bhakunt Bhairavnath, the protector of Kedarnath Dham, have been closed. The next day, i.e. on Wednesday, October 30, the gold umbrella installed in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple was removed by the Panch Panda Committee and kept in the store house.
Kedarnath’s doors will be closed on Sunday
Kedarnath Dham’s doors will be closed on November 3: This year the Chardham Yatra started on May 10. Along with Gangotri and Yamunotri Dhams, the doors of Kedarnath Dham were also opened on the same day. Baba Kedarnath Dham, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas, has the highest number of devotees visiting it every year. However, this time in the month of July, heavy rains and landslides had put a break on the journey. Despite this, a large number of devotees reached Kedarnath Dham to visit.
So many devotees visited Kedarnath
Till the evening of Thursday, October 31, more than 16 lakh devotees have visited Baba Kedarnath. On Thursday, 12 thousand 225 devotees visited Kedarnath. These included 7 thousand 248 men and 4 thousand 900 women. 77 children also visited Kedarnath Dham. In this way, so far this year, 16,02,144 (16 lakh 2 thousand 144) devotees have visited Baba Kedar till the last date of the month of October.
So many devotees came last year
Last year, more than 19 lakh devotees came to Kedarnath: In the year 2023, more than 19 lakh 61 thousand devotees visited Kedarnath. In the year 2023, the doors of Kedarnath opened on 25 April. The journey was completed on 15 November 2023. That is, last year the journey period was more than this year.
This is the auspicious time for the closing of the doors of Kedarnath
The doors of Kedarnath Dham will be closed on Bhaiya Dooj on November 3 after Diwali. The auspicious time for closing the doors is 8:30 am. With this, the doors of Baba Kedar will be closed for the winter.
Kedarnath Dham decorated with flowers
Kedarnath Dham has been decorated with 10 quintals of flowers for the ritual of closing the doors. The doors of the third Kedar Tungnath will also be closed on November 4, the next day after the doors of Lord Kedarnath are closed for the winter. Along with this, the doors of Badrinath Dham will be closed on November 17. The doors of the second Kedar Madmaheshwar will be closed for the winter on November 20.
The doors of Gangotri Yamunotri will be closed on this day
The doors of Gangotri Dham located in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand are closing on Saturday, November 2. The doors of Yamunotri Dham will be closed on November 3 along with the doors of Kedarnath Dham.
