The revered Himalayan temples' doors were opened at 7 am in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami along with his wife Geeta and a large number of devotees amid chanting of hymns.
Despite the four sites of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath being located pretty close to each other, the higher mountain regions makes it pretty impossible to have any direct road connection between them.
The rise in the number of pilgrims to visit the chardham this season shows their growing confidence in the reconstruction work carried out by the state government in the area after the devastating floods of 2013.
‘Muslims will vote either for TMC or Congress, depending on winnability index’
Political Pulse33 min ago
Congress veteran Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, after three decades, has returned to West Bengal politics to contest the upcoming Assembly election. In an interview, he talks about various issues, including the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, the Congress's poll prospects, the Muslim vote, and Mamata Banerjee's rule.
