Modi offers prayers at Kedarnath temple

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the Kedarnath temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, in the Garhwal Himalayan range near the Mandakini river in Uttarakhand.

PM Modi reached the shrine minutes before the gates were opened at around 8.50 am, after the six month-long winter break.The Prime Minister took part in the rituals inside the sanctum sanctorum and offered prayers here.

“Tomorrow (Wednesday) I will be visiting Dev Bhoomi Uttarakhand. I will begin my visit by praying at the Kedarnath Temple,” he had tweeted yesterday.

Later in the day, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the Patanjali Research Institute in Haridwar.