PM Modi performs puja at Badrinath temple

Badrinath, May 19

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid obeisance and performed puja at Badrinath temple on the second day of his two-day visit to Uttarakhand.

He reached Badrinath after spending around 20 hours in the Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath.

Modi offered prayers at innermost sanctum in Badrinath, another temple in Uttarakhand’s ‘char dham’ religious circuit, dedicated to Lord Vishnu. 

Earlier, the Prime Minister Sunday performed puja at the Kedanath shrine after meditating for 17 hours at a holy cave near the temple.

He reached the shrine situated at a height of 11,755 feet near the Mandakini river on Saturday and paid obeisance. He also took stock of development work in the temple town.

The portals of Kedarnath and Badrinath shrines reopened for devotees earlier this month after the winter break. PTI