Kedarnath set to resume formal puja after two weeks

June 28, 2013 01:48

With the Kedarnath temple premises in Uttarakhand cleared of all dead bodies, shrine authorities are preparing to clean the area and conduct sanctification process, hoping to resume formal pujas after about two weeks.

Kedarnath bore the brunt of floods and landslides triggered by the deluge in the hill state on June 16 although the temple, stated to have been built in the 8th century, and the Shivling are safe.

A 10-member team of temple committee members will reach Kedarnath on Friday to clean the premises after which sanctification and formal pujas will be performed.

"The formal puja under the guidance of priests has not begun as of now. We have to clean the debris first and for that the temple committee is sending a new 10-member team, led by Anil Sharma, executive officer Kedarnath, on Friday by helicopter," Ganesh Godiyal, president of Badrinath Kedarnath temple committee and MLA from Srinagar, said on Thursday over phone from his constituency.

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