The Kedarnath Dham portals will be ritualistically shut down for the winter season on October 23, 2025, as indicated by the Shri Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC). According to this, the Badrinath Dham will shut down on November 25, 2025, at 2:56 PM, and the annual pilgrimage season will conclude in the area. The date of closing was announced following a great religious event called Vijayadashami, in which the Dharmadhikari and the Vedic scholars settled the dates according to the Panchang calculations.
The BKTC and temple officials were present at the ceremony at the Badrinath temple compound, during which the Rawal of Badrinath Dham officially announced closure dates in winter. This time, the Bhandar Seva (the ceremonial turban, called Pagdi) of the upcoming 2026 pilgrimage season was also brought out, and this has been happening each century for ages.
In addition to the dates of closure, the timeframe of the traditional Panch Pujas, rituals that the temples are executed before closing, was determined. Also, good days were celebrated when Shri Uddhav Ji and Shri Kuber Ji were to travel the Pandukeshwar and also when Adi Guru Shankaracharya and Shri Garud Ji were to travel to their winter seat at Narsingh Temple of Jyotirmath.
Meanwhile, important decisions were also made by the Panch Kedar winter seats: the Omkareshwar Temple in Ukhimath (Rudraprayag) declared the date of the second Kedar, Shri Madmaheshwar Ji, closing to the winter season, and the Shri Markateshwar Temple in Makkumath (Rudraprayag) fixed the date of the third Kedar, Shri Tungnath Ji, which would also close to the winter season.
One of the sacred Char Dham pilgrimage places, Badrinath Dham, is devoted to Lord Vishnu and receives lakhs of believers every year. Winter closing is to keep the pilgrims safe and the temples intact in severe weather conditions in the Himalayan region, and to start the preparations of the next pilgrimage season, the ceremonies of closing begin as soon as possible after the ritualistic closing ceremonies.
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