Kedarnath Yatra 2026, April 22 -- The portals of Kedarnath Dham opened on Wednesday, April 22. Hundreds of devotees chanted chanted vedic mantras as the doors were thrown open.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, in a post on X, said, "Today, the doors of Shri Kedarnath Dham will be opened for the darshan of devotees with full rituals and Vedic mantra chanting."

This comes shortly after the Char Dham Yatra began on Sunday, April 19, with the opening of the portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines in Uttarakhand on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya after a six-month winter break. The portals of Kedarnath opened on April 22, while that of Badrinath will open on April 23.

The first prayers at both the Gangotri temple and the Ya...