KEDARNATH YATRA- OPENING AND CLOSING DATES

The Kedarnath Yatra is a particularly well-liked pilgrimage among Hindus.

 

One of the 12 Jyotirlingas is the Kedarnath temple, which is situated in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag area. It is also the Panch Kedar temple with the most reputation.

 

Five Shiva temples make up Panch Kedar, which are located in the Garhwal Himalayas. Kedarnath, Tungnath, Madhyamaheswar, Rudranath, and Kalpeswar are the names of these temples. The Char Dham Yatra includes the Kedarnath Dham as well.

 

The Opening and Closing Date of Kedarnath Temple shrine in 2022

 

The auspicious day of Akshay Tritya, which is announced on Maha Shiva Ratri, determines the opening day and hour of the Kedarnath Temple.

 

After calculating the Panchang, priests at the Omkareshwar Temple in Ukhimath choose the day that the Kedarnath shrine would open. Calculations indicate that a special Pooja will be performed in the temple on May 6, 2022, to open the sacred temple’s doors.

On Mahashivratri, the Kedarnath Dham opening date for 2022 was announced.

It has been decided that Kedarnath will close two days after Bhai Dooj, which is celebrated after Diwali. Diwali will be observed on October 25, 2022, hence Kedarnath Temple would be closed on that day.

After the morning pooja archana, the Kedarnath temple will be closed for the winter. On Vijayadashmi, Kedarnath Dham’s closing date for 2022 was announced.

 

Many thousands of pilgrims attended the Kedarnath Dham opening ceremony. One of the auspicious days for many pilgrims travelling to Kedarnath from all over the nation and the world is the opening day of the Kedarnath Kapaat.

 

After lengthy hours of worship by Rawal and Pujaris of Kedarnath Dham, the gates of Kedarnath Temple open. Only after priests had opened Puja at the Kedarnath Temple could pilgrims receive darshan.

 

The Kedarnath Dham’s closing ceremony is a massive celebration as well, with Garhwal bands escorting Baba Kedar Doli to Omkareshwar Temple in Ukhimath, which serves as Kedarnath’s winter residence.

 

Kedarnath in winters

In Kedarnath, there is considerable snowfall commencing in the month of November, and all the routes are closed.

 

For six months, the shrine is likewise shuttered. In the first week of May, the holy statue of Lord Shiva is returned to Kedarnath after being relocated from Garhwal (Kedarkhand) to Ukhimath.

 

The temple’s doors are opened at this time to welcome visitors who have gathered from all over India for a holy journey.

 

When it is closed, Ukhimath is used for worship and the shrine is covered in snow.