Badrinath doors close for winter as Chardham Yatra ends with 51 lakh pilgrims, Kedarnath leads turnoutDespite natural disasters, over 51 lakh pilgrims visited the Chardham shrines this year, a significant increase from last year. Kedarnath s...
26 Nov, 2025, 08.27 PM IST
Over 30-lakh pilgrims visit Badrinath-Kedarnath in 2024 yatra: ReportThe 2024 Char Dham Yatra witnessed a record-breaking 30,87,417 pilgrims visiting Badrinath and Kedarnath Dhams. Badrinath Dham alone receiv...
18 Nov, 2024, 09.53 AM IST
Over 650 pilgrims return without Badrinath darshan, authorities stress mandatory registrationOver 650 pilgrims were turned away from Badrinath temple for not fulfilling mandatory registration norm. Steps taken to regulate Char Dham ...
28 May, 2024, 03.31 PM IST
Commercial helicopters to Badrinath to be charged with eco-development fee"Commercial helicopters flying to Badrinath will have to pay Rs 1,000 as eco-development fee per flight. Rules are being amended for the pu...
12 Mar, 2023, 08.46 PM IST
Uttarakhand tourism to issue tokens for darshan during Chardham YatraUttarakhand Tourism Development Council will issue tokens for darshan during the Chardham Yatra to reduce long queues for pilgrims visiting...
11 Mar, 2023, 07.16 PM IST
Ahead of Char Dham yatra, fresh cracks appear on road between Joshimath and BadrinathTo make the journey of pilgrims to Badrinath safe, the road from the entry point of Joshimath to the gas godown on way to Auli needs to be ...
20 Feb, 2023, 05.39 PM IST
Daily cap on Char Dham pilgrims increasedAn earlier government order in this regard had been partially modified, increasing the limit to 16,000 for Badrinath, 13,000 for Kedarnath,...
11 May, 2022, 10.22 AM IST
Badrinath Dham all set to open doors for devotees todayThe annual Chardham Yatra began on May 3 on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya with the opening of the portals of Gangotri and Yamu...
08 May, 2022, 07.10 AM IST
Pilgrim rush at Amarnath reaches a 4-year highThe final number of pilgrims at Amarnath this year is expected to surpass the record high of around 372,000 registered in 2013
23 Jul, 2019, 09.16 AM IST
PM Narendra Modi's visit to Kedarnath comes amidst record turnout of pilgrimsN.P. Jamloki, the Publicity Officer of Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temples Committee, told ET that as today, the highest-ever number of pilgri...
05 Nov, 2018, 07.41 PM IST
Yatra to Badrinath, Hemkund remains disrupted for fourth dayPilgrims are also being airlifted in two choppers from Ghanghariya en route to Hemkund Sahib and ferried to Joshimath, he said.
28 Jun, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
Choppers flown to rain-hit districts of UttarakhandThey have been sent primarily to evacuate stranded pilgrims to safety if the need to do so arises," Uttarakhand Chief Secretary N Ravishank...
26 Jun, 2015, 04.29 PM IST
Traffic restored on Rishikesh-Badrinath highway after a weekThe highway was closed on April 28 due to landslides at Hathi Parvat in Joshimath of Chamoli district and opened around 10 PM on Monday.
05 May, 2015, 03.59 PM IST
Rains halt rescue operations in KedarnathThe rescue operations are coming close to a wind up and the focus is now on around 1,400 pilgrims reported to be stranded in Badrinath.
29 Jun, 2013, 12.35 PM IST
8,000 pilgrims from Uttarakhand reach PunjabWith the arrival of 500 more pilgrims from Rishikesh to Punjab, 8,000 people were so far evacuated from different parts of Uttarakhand, off...
27 Jun, 2013, 08.28 PM IST
- Over 3,000 pilgrims brought safely to gurdwara in Uttarakhand
Giving details about the pilgrims stranded at Badrinath, Prasad said that the helicopters were in service to evacuate the pilgrims struck t...
25 Jun, 2013, 11.13 PM IST
All pilgrims rescued from Kedarnath, focus shifts to Badrinath and HarsilOf those brought to safety, 7,000 had been trapped in the Kedarnath and Gaurikund areas — the stretch that bore the brunt of the deluge.
24 Jun, 2013, 06.55 AM IST