Chardham Yatra is moving towards a new record this time. In the year 2022, a maximum of 46,27,292 devotees had visited Hemkund Sahib and Chardham. Whereas, this year this figure was crossed with about one and a half months left for the yatra season. The special thing is that this year a record number of pilgrims have reached Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham, while the number of pilgrims in Kedarnath has reached close to last year’s numbers.
The doors of Yamunotri and Gangotri Dham were opened on 22 April
Chardham Yatra 2023 started on 22nd April this year with the opening of the doors of Gangotri and Yamunotri. The doors of Kedarnath were opened on 25th April and Badrinath Dham was opened on 27th April. Chardham Yatra was in full swing in May and June, but there was some slackness in it when the rains started in mid-July.
In August, travel was badly affected due to blockage of travel routes at many places. Due to road blockage, the number of devotees in Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham remained very less for some days.
More than 40 thousand pilgrims are reaching Chardham every day
As soon as the weather became favorable after the rainy season, Chardham Yatra again started gaining momentum from the second week of September and currently it has again reached its peak. At present more than 40 thousand pilgrims are reaching Hemkund and Chardham every day.
Most devotees reached Kedarnath
Most devotees are reaching Kedarnath this year. So far 15,31,946 pilgrims have visited Kedarnath. Whereas, last year this number was 15,63,275 during the entire journey period. As compared to 17,63,549 pilgrims who reached Badrinath during the entire Yatra period last year, 14,57,755 pilgrims have reached Badrinath this season. In contrast, 6,24,516 pilgrims had reached Gangotri Dham during the entire yatra period last year. This time this number has reached 8,16,362.
This time till now 6,73,462 pilgrims have visited Yamunotri as compared to 4,85,688. So far 1,68,057 pilgrims have reached Hemkund. This number remained 1,90,264 during the entire travel period last year.