The government has constituted a special high-level committee (HLC) to suggest the constitution of a 'new authority or institution' to regulate Chardham and other religious pilgrimages to the state.
The portals of Kedarnath shrine, also known as the 11th jyotirlinga, will open on May 10, 2024 at 7 am this Chardham pilgrimage season, the BKTC informed as it released the shrine calendar for pilgrims on Friday.
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Officials said since this year's Amarnath Yatra started on July 1, more than 3.77 lakh people have performed the pilgrimage so far.
Kashmir's divisional commissioner Vijay Kumar Bidhuri and senior police and civil officers were also present at the airport to receive the hajis along with relatives of the pilgrims to welcome them.
On the occasion, J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha assured best possible arrangements for the comfort and well-being of pilgrims by the J&K government.
With the slogan ‘Oh, We! Oh, Love! Oh, Life!‘, the pilgrimage would spread the Buddhist culture of devotional activities through a pilgrimage to India where the life and footsteps of the Buddha are preserved.
Carrying his aged parents on his shoulders with the help of a bamboo stick (popularly known as ‘bahangi’ in the countryside), Chandan Kumar from Jehanabad district has embarked on 105 km-long tour on foot to let his parents visit Baba Baidyanath Dham temple, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district.
We are baffled by the allotment of the government's hajj funds this year. We understand that the government carries the expense of a certain number of hajj pilgrims every year – and the number of pilgrims receiving this advantage is 254 this year
Sinha tweeted; "The 43-day holy pilgrimage will commence on 30th June with all covid protocols in place & culminate, as per the tradition, on the day of Raksha Bandhan. We had in-depth discussion on various issues also on upcoming Yatra".
