Lord Badrinath Temple opened for pilgrims from today onwards

One of the four historic ancient shrines ( Dhams) Badrinath Temple’s doors have been opened today at 4.15 AM early morning with complete traditional rituals. The chief spritual head of the temple hailing primarily from Southern state Kerala known as Rawal had already reached the temple precincts an evening before on Thursday.

Hundreds of devotees from all over the state and the country were present at the time of opening of the Badrinath Dham’s doors closed during the winters. The Uttarakhand governor Baby Rani Maurya was the chief guest at the Temple’s door opening ceremony.

The band of the Garhwal Scout’s mesmerising tunes and ritual hyms by spiritual scholars rented the air with the Bhotiya women performing their traditional dances in front of the chief guest Governor Baby Rani Maurya.

Soon after the doors of the temple opened, hundreds of devotees of Lord Vishnu entered the Temple chanting lord Vishnu slogans hailing Him.

It may be recalled that eatablished by young Shankaracharya from South about 1200 years ago Badrinath Temple is established at the bank of river Alaknanda in Chamoli districts of Garhwal Uttarakhand.

Badrinath Temple is considered to be one of the known SIDH PEETH in the world n one of the historic Dhams amongst the 4 historic religious/ spiritual destinations of the country and the globe viz. Kedarnath, Gangotri, Yamnotri n Badrinath.

From the geographical point of view Badrinath temple is situated in the middle of the high Himalayan ranges in the Garhwal, Himalayas about about 3, 133 metres( 10, 227 feet) from the main sea level.

Due to extreme minus degree cold temperature the temple remains closed for six months from November till April.

Lord Badrinath Temple is one of the busiest temples in the world with lakhs of devotees visiting here on daily basis during the peak season.

In the year 2012 n thereafter there had been over 12 lakh pilgrims visiting this secred place from around the country n the globe including from various parts of Uttarakhand.

The Temple has been fully decorated with magnificient flowers giving it a mesmerising look. The management of all the Char Dhams is looked after by the chairman and managing committee of Badrinath Kedarnath Mandir Samittee nominated by the chief minister of Uttarakhand on the advice of the minister for Tourism, government of Uttarakhand or on CM’s own discretion.

It may berecalled that the government of Uttarakhand has been giving special impetus to strengthening spiritual n religious tourism in the state,especially after the the occurance of deadly Uttarakhand disaster leading to several thousandcasualties andcollssal loss to the state’s exchequer. Tourism, especially religious tourism is considered to be the backbone of the state’s economic generation. especially when it’s facing tremendous fiscal deficit.

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