Sunday, 03 April | PNS | New Tehri
The portals of the Gangotri shrine will be reopened to the public on May 3. The date of the shrine’s reopening was announced on the occasion of the Hindu New Year on Saturday. The portals of the shrine will be opened to the public at 11:15 AM on May 3.
A meeting was organised by the Gangotri temple committee on Saturday. It was decided in the meeting that the Gangotri shrine will be reopened to the public on the occasion of Akshay Tritiya on May 3.The Utsav Doli of goddess Ganga will depart from her winter abode of Mukhba. It will depart at 12:15 PM to the accompaniment of an army band along with devotees. The procession will reach Gangotri at 9 AM on the next day where various prayers and rituals will be held, said the Gangotri temple committee secretary Suresh Semwal.
