UP seer demands opening of Badrinath shrine on April 30

The portals of the Badrinath temple in the Garhwal Himalayas were scheduled to open on April 30, but the date has been postponed to May 15 due the coronavirus pandemic.

A seer in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura city on Saturday demanded that the Uttarakhand government revoke its decision of postponing the opening of the Badrinath shrine and said “changing the auspicious date means inviting wrath of the deity”.

“Every effort should be made to please the deity,” the seer said. (Rajeev Kala/HT)

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The portals of the Badrinath temple in the Garhwal Himalayas were scheduled to open on April 30, but the date has been postponed to May 15 due the coronavirus pandemic.

“At a time when the country is facing Covid-19 crisis, every effort should be made to please the deity,” Dwarka Sharda Peethadheeshwar Jagatguru Shankaracharya Swaroopanand Saraswati said.

“Change in opening date of Badrinath shrine virtually means inviting wrath of the deity,” he added.