By Shishir Prashant 
PrashantNews
The doors of the Badrinath temple in the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand will be reopened on April 23, it was officially announced on Friday.
The dates were announced on the occasion of Basant Panchami with priests performing ceremonial puja at the Narendranagar palace in Tehri district in the presence of Maharaja Manujendra Shah of the erstwhile kingdom of Tehri.
Later the royal priest Acharya Krishna Prasad Uniyal, after consulting the almanac and the Maharaja’s horoscope, announced that the doors of the Badrinath temple would be opened at 6:15 AM on April 23.
The Maharani of Tehri and Lok Sabha MP from Tehri Garhwal, Mala Rajya Lakshmi Shah, Badrinath temple priest Rawal Amarnath Namboodiri, temple committee officials, and many pilgrimage priests were also present during the ceremony to determine the auspicious time for opening the temple.
The portals of Badrinath shrine were closed on Nov 25 at 2.56 P.M. for the winter season marking the end of this year’s six-month long Chardham Yatra.
The doors of the other two shrines among the Char Dhams of the Garhwal Himalayas—Gangotri and Yamunotri temples located in Uttarkashi district—will be opened on April 19 this year on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, while the date for opening the doors of Kedarnath Dham in Rudraprayag district will be announced on the occasion of Maha Shivratri.