PIONEER NEWS SERVICE/ Uttarkashi
The portals of the revered Gangotri Dham will be closed for the winter season at 12:05 PM on November 10. The Gangotri Temple Committee decided the date and auspicious time for the portal- closing on Monday—the ninth day of Sharadiya Navratri—in sync with long-continuing traditions. While the main shrine will remain closed for the devotees for the next six months, they may have the darshan of Mother Ganga at her winter residence in Mukhba village.
Announcing the date and time, the secretary of the Gangotri Temple Committee, Suresh Semwal said that the doors would be closed at 12:05 PM on November 10 during the auspicious time of Annakut and Govardhan Puja. “Following the closing of the doors, the palanquin of Mother Ganga will depart for Mukhba village amid traditional rituals,” he shared.
He further informed that the Doli of Mother Ganga would reach its winter residence Mukhba on the auspicious occasion of Bhaiya Dooj, on November 11.
