The doors of Kedarnath will be closed on November 11 on the festival of Bhaiya Dooj.
Gopeshwar. The doors of the world famous Badrinath Dham located in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand will be closed for devotees on 16th November this winter. The auspicious time for closing the doors of Badrinath Dham was determined by calculating the Panchang in the presence of Chief Priest Rawal Amarnath Namburi, Dharmadhikari and Vedpathis in the temple on Tuesday, on the occasion of Vijayadashami.
Rishi Prasad Sati, Vice President of Shri Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) said that as per the auspicious time of closing the doors for winter after the traditional puja on Vijayadashami, the doors of the temple will be closed at 09:37 pm on November 16. He told that the Utsav Doli of Lord Badrinath will leave for its winter stay place on November 17.
The date of closing of the doors for winter season of three other Dhams – Gangotri, Yamunotri and Kedarnath Dham included in the Chardham of Garhwal Himalaya is determined by Diwali. While the doors of Gangotri will be closed on 10th November, the next day of Diwali i.e. on the festival of Annakoot, the doors of Yamunotri and Kedarnath will be closed on 11th November on the festival of Bhaiya Dooj.
Meanwhile, the Muhurta for the closure of Yamunotri temple was also determined on Tuesday. Officials of Yamunotri Temple Committee said that after Panchang calculation, the time of closing the doors of Yamunotri Temple was fixed at 10:28 am on November 11 in Anuradha Nakshatra and Soumya Dhanu Lagna.
Chardham Yatra started on April 19 this year and till Monday evening, more than 56.19 lakh devotees have come to have darshan of the Lord. Maximum influx of devotees has been recorded in Badrinath at 20.69 lakh, Kedarnath at 17.65 lakh, Gangotri at 9.45 lakh and Yamunotri at 8.38 lakh.