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.
The Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra scheme will now have a list of 15 routes for free pilgrimage after the two new routes are added.
Kejriwal, who is on a visit to Ayodhya and offered prayers at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi and Hanumangarhi today, said the scheme of free pilgrimage to Ayodhya would get approval at a Cabinet meeting tomorrow.
COVID negative test report of the pilgrims from outside J&K and also from Red Zone districts of J&K will be checked at the helipad and the yatra entry points at Darshani Deodi, Banganga, Katra.
The opening of the Khokhrapar border would facilitate millions of followers of Saint Moinuddin Chishti to visit Dargah Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan. It will also allow Hindu pilgrims to visit the Hinglaj Mandir in Balochistan.
The registration for the pilgrimage can be done on prakashpurb550.mha.gov.in by selecting a suitable date.
