Saturday, 20 May 2023 | PNS | JOSHIMATH
The Hemkund Sahib Gurudwara and Lakshman temple will reopen for devotees on Saturday. The first batch of pilgrims for the Gurudwara headed by the Panch Pyare left from the Govindghat Gurudwara on Friday. The batch will rest for the night at Ghangharia after which it will depart for the Hemkund Gurudwara on Saturday.
Musical bands from Punjab accompanied the first batch of pilgrims as it departed for Hemkund from Govindghat at 8 AM on Friday. The Hemkund Sahib management trust chairman Narendrajit Singh Bindra honoured the Panch Pyare as they headed the batch departing for Hemkund. Bindra said that the Hemkund Gurudwara will be reopened to the devotees at 10 AM on Saturday. Due to heavy snow still covering parts of the route to the shrine, those aged above 60 years and children have been advised to not undertake the pilgrimage, he added.
