Joshimath. As half of the process of closing the doors of Badrinath Dham, Panch Pujas have began from Friday. As per custom, the doors of Lord Ganesha had been formally closed late in the night with rituals and Vedic chanting on the first day. Earlier this morning, the idol of Ganesh was stored for darshan from the temple positioned in its premises to the sanctum sanctorum of Badrinath temple and right this moment at 5 o’clock the doors of Ganesh temple had been closed for winter.
Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) President Hemant Dwivedi mentioned that preparations are happening in BKTC to shut the doors of Badrinath Dham. According to the Panch Puja process, Rawal Ambernath Namboodiri together with spiritual officer Radhakrishna Thapliyal, in-cost spiritual officer Swayambar Semwal, Vedpathi Ravindra Bhatt and Amit Bandoliya carried out the puja. On this event, BKTC Vice President Rishi Prasad Sati and BKTC Chief Executive Officer and Executive Magistrate Vijay Prasad Thapliyal together with in-cost officer Vipin Tiwari, temple officer Rajendra Chauhan, administrative officer Kuldeep Bhatt and so on. had been current.
BKTC media in-cost Dr. Harish Gaur knowledgeable that on the second day of Panch Puja, the doors of Adi Kedareshwar and Adiguru Shankaracharya temples shall be closed on Saturday, on the third day on Sunday, twenty third November, recitation of Vedas will cease, whereas on the fourth day, on twenty fourth November, invocation to Mata Lakshmi and on twenty fifth November at 2:56 pm, the doors of Badrinath Dham shall be closed for winter.