Char Dham Yatra: The Char Dham Yatra began on Wednesday with the opening of Gangotri and Yamunotri temples in Garhwal Himalayas for devotees on the occasion of Akshay Tritiya. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami offered prayers at the sacred Gangotri Dham on Wednesday, marking the opening of the doors of Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham on the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya.
Char dham Yatra is one of the most sacred pilgrimages in the world. All the holy places of Char Dham Yatra are dedicated to different deities. “Char Dham Yatra has begun, the portals of Gangotri, Yamunotri have opened. The entire country waits for this,” Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said. “For people of Uttarakhand, it is like a festival, all the preparations have been done. We want the yatra of people to be safe, easy, hassle-free. Various departments like traffic, police, transport, water, roads have made arrangements. We will be working to facilitate easy yatra for people.”
Uttarakhand director general of police Deepak Kumar was quoted as saying that around 6,000 policemen would be deployed for the yatra and that drones would be used to monitor the situation.
“Apart from this, about 90 CCTV cameras have been installed at all four Dhams, a network of more than 200 CCTV cameras on the Char Dham route, and more than 300 CCTV cameras have been installed in Haridwar,” the Uttarakhand DGP said.
A new wave of pilgrims
Call it wanderlust with a soul. The shift in travel motivations is being fuelled by better infrastructure, social media storytelling and a yearning for something deeper than selfies. According to IXIGO, a significant 50% of Kumbh Mela attendees in 2025 were under 30 — 26% of them between 20 and 25 — indicating a growing interest in spirituality among younger Indians.
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