Badrinath temple reopenes

Badrinath temple reopenes

The portals of badrinath temple were reopened to the public amidst Vedic rituals here early on Friday morning. With this, the Char Dham Yatra is in fully open with all the four temples being opened for devotees after being kept closed for six months of winter.

The portals of Bhavishya Badri and Tungnath shrines were also opened on Friday.

Devotees had started queuing outside the temple from late on Thursday night.

 At about 3:15 AM, deity Kuber was taken in to the shrine from the southern door. At 3:30 AM, the Rawal (chief priest) Ishwari Prasad Namboodri and others entered the temple along with the ceremonial idol of deity Uddhav.

Before placing the idols of these two deities in the shrine, the idol of goddess Lakshmi was taken out of the temple and ritually installed in the Lakshmi temple.

After traditional rituals, the portals of Badrinath shrine were opened to the public at 4:15 AM. Apart from the Garhwal Scouts band which performed outside the shrine, the women of Mana and Bamni villages also performed traditional folk dance on the occasion.