Harichandra Semwal News Today

Recently, Teerth Purohit of Kedarnath Temple and Vice President of Chardham Mahapanchayat Santosh Trivedi released a video on social media alleging that instead of gold plating on the walls of the sanctum sanctorum, brass has been used and the scam was of about Rs 1.25 billion.

The Uttarakhand government has decided to set up a high-level committee to probe allegations of a Rs 1.25 billion scam in gold plating the sanctum sanctorum of the Kedarnath temple.

The Uttarakhand government has formed a high-level inquiry committee to investigate allegations of a ₹1.25 billion scam involving the gold plating of the Kedarnath temples sanctum sanctorum.

The gold plating was done under the supervision of the experts from the Archaeological Survey of India, the minister said

The gold plating was done under the supervision of the experts from the Archaeological Survey of India, the minister said, adding a donor had bought the gold and got it inlaid on the walls of the sanctum sanctorum with the temple committee having no direct role in it

The Uttarakhand government on Friday decided to set up a high-level committee to probe allegations of a Rs 1.25 billion scam in gold plating the sanctum sanctorum of the Kedarnath temple. Uttarakhand's Tourism, Religion and Culture Minister Satpal Maharaj instructed secretary of culture and religious affairs Harichandra Semwal to form a high-level inquiry committee., India News, Times Now

The gold plating of the sanctum sanctorum was done under the supervision of the experts of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), he said.

The Uttarakhand government has created a post of Finance Officer in Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) and will soon appoint an officer to the post for financial transparency.

An annual fee of Rs 12,000 will have to be paid for the licence. Besides, the excise department will collect an amount of Rs 50,000 as guarantee at the time of applying for the personal bar permit. 

"Till Navratri will be celebrated as Nari Shakti Utsav and it has been decided to organize Durga Saptami / Ramcharitmanas / Devi Gayan / Devi Jagran etc. lessons on this occasion. Women and girls will specially participate in these programmes," he added. ���� Chaitra Navratri 2023 to Be Celebrated as Nari Shakti Utsav Across Uttarakhand.