Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday chaired a review meeting on the Char Dham yatra at the state secretariat and asked officials to continuously monitor the yatra in view of the continuous surge in pilgrim influx. Dhami said devotees should only be allowed to undertake the Char Dham yatra with prior registration. He instructed secretaries of all the …
The number of pilgrims who have visited the Char Dham Yatra during this season has crossed 20 lakhs with Kedarnath Dham reporting the maximum rush with 7.13 lakh, Uttarakhand tourism department officials said on Sunday. According to tourism department officials, 20.74 lakh pilgrims have visited Char Dham till Saturday evening, out of which 364,420 visited Yamunotri, 394,229 visited Gangotri, 580,185 …
A total of 99 pilgrims have lost their lives during the Char Dham yatra this year, since the pilgrimage began in May, officials said. Some Travelling with Fake Registration Documents A case under section 420 of the IPC was registered here against unidentified persons after fake registration documents for char dham yatra were recovered from some pilgrims. Fake registration documents …
Amid growing crowds at the Char Dham Yatra in Uttarakhand, no pilgrim will be allowed at any of the four shrines– Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamnotri and Gangotri — without registration from Wednesday, according to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s orders. Due to heavy inflow of devotees for Char Dham yatra, the govt has increased pilgrim registration by 1000 each in 4 …
With the High Court allowing Char Dham yatra with Covid-19 curbs, pilgrim influx in Haridwar has suddenly witnessed a major spike. Hotelier Neeraj Kumar said that the previous year, Char Dham pilgrimage also got affected due to Covid-19 which resulted in a major loss to the hotel industry in the state. Mansarovar Vyapar Mandal president Rakesh Khanna thanked chief minister …