Source: www.punjabkesari.com
DEHRADUN, INDIA, July 21, 2010: Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC), which overlooks the maintenance of the two temples, has scrapped the provisions of special VIP puja inside the centuries-old shrines, officials said Saturday. “Now VIPs would also have to stand in queues for having darshans of both Badrinath and Kedarnath temples,” Anusuiya Prasad Bhatt, chairman of the BKTC, said.
The two temples, among the most revered pilgrimage centers, in Uttarakhand’s Garhwal region receive thousands of pilgrims every year.