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After offering prayers on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines on the opening day of the temples, the priests of Kedarnath and Badrinath have also decided to offer the first prayers on behalf of the Prime Minister.
Satpal Maharaj, Minister of Culture and Tourism in Uttarakhand, said that it was decided to offer the first prayers in Kedarnath and Badrinath on behalf of Prime Minister Modi as a sign of expressing his gratitude for helping to increase the number of pilgrims to these shrines than to his Instead, it has fueled the local economy over the years.
“Every year our Prime Minister Modi visits the Kedarnath Shrine to seek Baba Kedar’s blessings for the well-being of the country, but this time due to the coronavirus pandemic, neither he nor any of the pilgrims have been able to reach the shrines ” As a sign of gratitude, the first prayers at the Kedarnath and Badrinath shrine will be offered on his behalf to help boost the local hill economy with his visits to the shrines, ”said Maharaj.
The minister further added that he would go to Delhi after the confinement is lifted to deliver the prayer offerings, holy flowers and holy water to the Prime Minister.
After the first prayers were offered at the Gangotri shrine on Sunday on behalf of Prime Minister Modi, the priests will now send holy water from Ganges to the Prime Minister via mail, as a blessing to strengthen the fight against the Covid pandemic. -19.
PM Modi has donated Rs 1100 to Sripanch Mandir Samiti Gangotri on the auspicious occasion of Tritiya Mahaparva. Suresh Semwal, chairman of the Gangotri Dham Temple Committee, said the Bhatwadi area subdivisional magistrate Devendra Singh Negi delivered the amount sent by Prime Minister Modi to the temple committee.
“After that, we offered the first prayers to Goddess Ganga on behalf of the Prime Minister to give us the strength to fight the pandemic and win the war against the coronavirus,” said Semwal.
Deepak Semwal, secretary of the Gangotri Dham Temple Committee said that anyone who offers prayers to the Goddess Ganga receives “the holy water of Maa Ganga from the temple priests, so we also send it to Prime Minister Modi, like him offered prayers on Sundays. “
Last year, Uttarakhand Prime Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat credited Prime Minister Modi’s frequent visits to the state as the reason behind the record-breaking influx of pilgrims to the state’s four shrines.
In November, Rawat had tweeted: “This year, over 34,000 rupees and 81,000 devotees have visited Chardham and Hemkund Sahib. Prime Minister Modi, after visiting the Kedarnath and Badrinath shrines, gave the message of Chardham Yatra clean and safe to all devotees, which brought large numbers of pilgrims here. ”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Rudra Meditation Cave in Kedarnath in May last year. Prime Minister Modi spent a day meditating in the Rudra Caves, nearly a kilometer from the Kedarnath Shrine. After his visit, the cave received a significant number of reservations from across the country. He also visited the Badrinath Shrine in May last year.
