Char Dham priests threaten agitation if pilgrims are not exempted from online registration

March 1, 2023

Char Dham priests on Wednesday threatened to launch an agitation if pilgrims were not exempted from mandatory regulations like online registration and a proposed daily limit on the number of pilgrims visiting the temples. “A majority of the pilgrims are poor, elderly and illiterate. Registering for the yatra online is not easy for them. It is unpractical to impose the formality on the yatris prior to the pilgrimage,” Teerth Purohit Mahapanchayat president Suresh Semwal told PTI. Semwal also raised objections to the order in which the registration process was being followed, saying it tampered with Hindu traditions.

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