PHOTOS: Ahead of Diwali, PM Modi offers prayers at Kedarnath, Badrinath
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the Kedarnath and Badrinath temples in Uttarakhand on Friday. After performing puja at the Kedarnath temple in Rudraprayag district, the Prime Minister arrived at the Badrinath temple in Chamoli in a helicopter. Uttarakhand Governor Lt General (Retd) Gurmeet Singh, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, state Cabinet Minister Prem Chandra Agarwal, among others, were present on the occasion.
This is PM's sixth visit to Kedarnath and second to Badrinath as the Prime Minister.
Security has been tightened around the two famous hill temples in view of the prime minister's visit. Both temples have been decorated with quintals of flowers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at Jolly Grant Airport, in Dehradun on Friday. (Photo: ANI)
Prime Minister Narednra Modi at Kedarnath Temple on Friday, October 21. 2022. (Photo:IANS/PIB)
Prime Minister Narednra Modi offers prayers in Kedarnath Temple. (Photo:IANS)
Prime Minister Narednra Modi offers prayers in Kedarnath Temple. (Photo: IANS)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with workers engaged in a development project at the Kedarnath site in Rudraprayag district. (Photo: PTI)
PM Modi performed the puja at the temples wearing the white traditional attire of the hill people with a swastika embroidered on it. (Photo: ANI)