Prayers at Kedarnath from 11 Sept: Bahuguna
2 Sep 2013 12:04 AM GMT
Preparations are in place for resumption of prayers from 11 September at Kedarnath shrine in the flood-ravaged state of Uttarakhand, chief minister Vijay Bahuguna said on Sunday.
Prayers at Kedarnath, suspended since the mid-June natural calamity in the state, will begin again at 7 am on the said day and continue till 11 am, Bahuguna told reporters here after a meeting with Badrinath-Kedarnath temple committee officials here to review the arrangements.
Giving details of the meeting, Bahuguna said that the committee, the Kedarnath dharmadhikari and representatives of Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati had given their consent for the prayers to recommence at the shrine on 11 September, as announced earlier by the state government.
Bahuguna, however, added that devotees will not be allowed to visit the shrine by foot till 30 September for safety reasons.
The pedestrian route to the high altitude shrine sustained large-scale damage in the flash flood calamity.
The temple committee has provided the state government with a list of 24 persons who will perform the prayers at the shrine on 11 September, Bahuguna said.
Prayers at Kedarnath, suspended since the mid-June natural calamity in the state, will begin again at 7 am on the said day and continue till 11 am, Bahuguna told reporters here after a meeting with Badrinath-Kedarnath temple committee officials here to review the arrangements.
Giving details of the meeting, Bahuguna said that the committee, the Kedarnath dharmadhikari and representatives of Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati had given their consent for the prayers to recommence at the shrine on 11 September, as announced earlier by the state government.
Bahuguna, however, added that devotees will not be allowed to visit the shrine by foot till 30 September for safety reasons.
The pedestrian route to the high altitude shrine sustained large-scale damage in the flash flood calamity.
The temple committee has provided the state government with a list of 24 persons who will perform the prayers at the shrine on 11 September, Bahuguna said.
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