The portals of the holy Gangotri Dham in Uttarakhand was opened on Saturday (15 May 2021) morning amid the rising COVID-19 cases and increasing fatalities across the country.
- Traditional rituals were performed on the occasion. Visual showed many participants not wearing face masks.
On May 29, amid the massive surge in coronavirus cases, the Uttarakhand government had suspended the Char Dham (Four Pilgrimage Site) Yatra for this year.
- The yatra was scheduled to start on May 14. Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said that only priests of the four temples will perform rituals and puja.
The four pilgrimage sites are Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamunotri and Gangotri in Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhand on Friday reported 5,775 new COVID-19 cases, 4,483 recoveries and 116 deaths.
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