Char Dham Yatra breaks records with unprecedented number of pilgrims

This year has seen a significant increase in the number of pilgrims participating in the Char Dham Yatra. Till June 21—the latest dates for which official figures have been released by the Shri Badrinath - Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC)—as many as 28,29,718 online registrations and 7,660 offline registrations were done for Shri Badrinath Dham and Shri Kedarnath Dham, out of which 13,61,145 online registrations were done for Shri Badrinath Dham and 14,68,573 online registrations were done for Kedarnath Dham.

 

The BKTC has insisted that there is no let-up in the number of pilgrims, despite some mishaps, including a chopper crash, after which even the foot yatra had remained suspended for a couple of days.

 

Apart from the Dhams, pilgrims are also reaching several other temples for darshan.

 

As per the latest figures, a record 21,46,308 pilgrims have visited Shri Badrinath and Shri Kedarnath Dham. Out of which 9,45,075 pilgrims have visited Shri Badrinath Dham and 12,01,233 pilgrims have visited Shri Kedarnath Dham. The number of devotees reaching Hemkund Sahib is more than 1.5 lakh. Also, more than 80,000 pilgrims have visited the third Kedar Tungnath. A large number of pilgrims are reaching the second Kedar Madmaheshwar and Shri Nrisinha Temple Joshimath and Shri Vishwanath Temple Guptkashi and Shri Omkareshwar Temple Ukhimath including Siddhpeeth Kalimath for darshan. 

 

Apart from this, a large number of pilgrims reached Shri Kartik Swami Temple Rudraprayag as compared to the four lakh pilgrims who came in the past years. Around 25,000 pilgrims have visited Shri Jagannath Temple Uttarkashi. Thousands of pilgrims have also reached Panch Badri and Panch Kedar including Shri Gopinath Temple Gopeshwar for darshan.

 

The overall number of registrations has reached 45 lakh while 33 lakh pilgrims have already undertaken the darshan. 

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