Kedarnath Dham Yatra 2024: Significant Increase in Pilgrims in the Second Phase, 8,000-11,000 Devotees Daily

Kedarnath Dham Yatra 2024: The second phase of Kedarnath Dham Yatra 2024 sees a remarkable rise in pilgrims, with 8,000-11,000 devotees visiting daily. After the monsoon, the number of pilgrims surged, benefiting local traders and the temple committee. Read more for detailed updates.

Kedarnath Dham Yatra: Significant increase in the number of pilgrims in the second phase, with 8 to 11 thousand devotees visiting daily

After the first phase of the Kedarnath Yatra, the number of pilgrims increased significantly in the second phase of the Yatra. Every day between 8 to 11 thousand pilgrims visit Baba Kedar and take his blessings. This year, more than 12.60 lakh pilgrims have visited so far during the entire Yatra period. The Yatra halts are looking lively due to the increase in the number of pilgrims.

On May 10, the doors of Lord Kedarnath, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas, were opened for the common devotees to visit. After this, a flood of devotees started pouring into the Dham from the beginning of the Yatra. In such a situation, the number of pilgrims remained quite good for one and a half months, but after this, the number of pilgrims started decreasing.

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Due to heavy rains, the journey was banned for 15 days. Due to heavy rains on the Kedarnath footpath on 31st July, the footpath and Sonprayag-Gaurikund highway were damaged in many places and there was also a loss of life. In such a situation, repairing the footpath and Gaurikund highway became a challenge for the government and administration. Following the instructions of Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami, the journey on foot was started on August 15 after the damaged footpath was repaired at 29 places. Due to this, the journey was completely banned for 15 days. However, after the movement of passengers started on August 15, only a nominal number of passengers started reaching Kedarnath for darshan. So far 12,60,917 passengers have visited Bhole Baba. Now after the end of the monsoon, the number of passengers has started increasing significantly in the last two weeks. Every day between eight to 10 thousand passengers are reaching for darshan. So far 1260917 passengers have visited Bhole Baba. However, one month is left for the yatra. In such a situation, more pilgrims are expected to come. The benefit of this will be received by the traders and laborers associated with the yatra. Along with this, the income of the temple committee will also increase.

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Number of pilgrims in a week

2 October- 8332

1 October- 11605

30 September- 13685

29 September- 7350

28 September- 7661

27 September- 8944

26 September- 10440

“The number of pilgrims has started increasing significantly in Kedarnath Dham in the last two weeks. The Yatra route has started to look lively once again. However, one month is left for the yatra. In such a situation, the number of pilgrims is expected to increase. Pilgrimage and tourism are getting a boost due to the increase in the yatra, while the businessmen associated with the yatra are also getting benefits from it”. – Yudhveer Pushpan, Senior Administrative Officer, Badri-Kedar Temple Committee Kedarnath