Uttarakhand’s Chardham Yatra begins, Gangotri-Yamunotri gates will open today: Maa Ganga’s doli leaves from Mukhba; The ban on the number of pilgrims was also removed

Mother Ganga’s Bhog Doli left for Gangotri Dham from Mukhba on Friday.

The Char Dham Yatra of Uttarakhand is starting from Akshaya Tritiya on 22 April. Till April 21, 16 lakh people have registered for the Yatra. First of all, the doors of Gangotri Dham will be opened at 12:35 pm. The Gangotri temple is decorated with 11 quintals of marigold flowers. Whereas, Mother Yamuna’s doli will leave from Kharsali at 8:25 am on Saturday. The doors of Yamunotri Dham will open at 12.41 pm.

Meanwhile, there is good news for Chardham Yatris. The Uttarakhand government has lifted the ban on visiting a fixed number of pilgrims. However, online/offline registration of devotees will continue.

First see some pictures related to Chardham…

JCB machine removing snow from the helipad built in Kedarnath Dham, it is snowing here due to bad weather.

Panchmukhi Doli of Baba Kedarnath will reach Phata today. After this the onward journey will be on Sunday.

On April 21, due to the snowfall in Yamunotri Dham, the mountains were covered with snow. The doors will open here at 12.41 pm.

Updates related to Chardham Yatra

CM Dhami said – the safe journey of every devotee is the responsibility of the state government
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami formally inaugurated the Char Dham Yatra from Rishikesh on 21 April. He said – the journey has started. We have prepared all kinds of facilities for the devotees. Those who book their hotels will not face any kind of problem. The government will ensure that the journey of every devotee coming from India and abroad is safe and everyone gets a chance to be a part of the yatra.

Health ATM will be on the travel route
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami had recently said that Health ATMs will be installed on the Yatra route for health check-up during the Chardham Yatra. This will help a lot to the devotees. Doctors, paramedical staff and health facilities have been deployed on the Yatra route since April 15.

Regarding the increasing cases of Corona, the government has also said that the guidelines of the Center will be strictly implemented. On April 3, State Health Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat said during the review meeting that if needed, Covid vaccination camps will also be set up at public places including bus stand, railway station and airport.

Now know about the Char Dham of Uttarakhand and their route…

Yamunotri Dham and its travel route

It is believed about the Yamunotri temple that Maharaja Pratapshah of Tehri Garhwal had built the temple of Goddess Yamuna. Later the temple was rebuilt by Maharani Guleria of Jaipur. The actual source of the Yamuna River is a frozen ice lake and glacier, the Champasar Glacier.

Badrinath Dham and its travel route

Badrinath is anointed with sesame oil and this oil comes here from the Tehri Raj family. Badrinath is the deity of the Tehri Raj family. The royal family also has a key to the temple. When the doors will open, a member from the royal family will definitely be present here. Rawal worships the god as the representative of the Raj family.

Here Parshuram is worshiped according to the tradition. The Rawals of Badrinath Dham are from the family of Adi Guru Shankaracharya. Shankaracharya had made a special arrangement related to the priests in the four dhams. Only Namboodiri priests of Kerala worship in Badrinath Dham. He is called Rawal.

Kedarnath and its travel route
It has been told in the Kotirudra Samhita of Shivpuran that Nar-Narayan, the incarnation of Vishnu in Badarivan had worshiped by making a Parthiv Shivling. Shiva appeared because of his devotion and asked him to ask for a boon. Then Nar-Narayan asked for a boon that Shiv ji should always stay in this area. Shiv ji gave a boon to stay here and said that this place would be famous as Kedar Kshetra.

After this, Lord Shiva got absorbed in the form of Jyoti in the Shivling located here. The history of the temple is more than a thousand years old. Adi Guru Shankaracharya had built this temple. The temple is located in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand.

Gangotri Dham and its travel route
Gomukh Glacier is about 19 km from Gangotri. This is the main origin of river Ganges. This is a very remote place, it cannot be reached easily. The Ganges River is the longest and most sacred river in the world. According to popular belief here, King Bhagirath had done penance to please Lord Shiva by sitting on a boulder in the Gangotri mountain region. Gangotri temple is made of white granite stones.

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