आज से केदारनाथ यात्रा शुरू | Kedarnath Dham Yatra | Rishikesh | Uttarakhand | Hindi News
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[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '4.000', 'text': 'After remaining closed for six months, the doors of Kedarnath Dham will be'}, {'start': '2.159', 'end': '6.400', 'text': 'opened for devotees from today.'}, {'start': '4.000', 'end': '8.559', 'text': 'After performing the traditional rituals, the'}, {'start': '6.400', 'end': '10.639', 'text': 'doors of the temple will open in a short while from now.'}, {'start': '8.559', 'end': '12.880', 'text': 'Preparations have been completed to open the temple.'}, {'start': '10.639', 'end': '14.559', 'text': 'Now you see that we are'}, {'start': '12.880', 'end': '17.279', 'text': 'showing you pictures.  These grand divine'}, {'start': '14.559', 'end': '18.880', 'text': 'pictures have emerged.  These are pictures taken from a drone.'}, {'start': '17.279', 'end': '20.640', 'text': 'Where you will see that'}, {'start': '18.880', 'end': '23.359', 'text': 'devotees have arrived in large numbers.'}, {'start': '20.640', 'end': '25.279', 'text': 'Those who are devotees of Shiva reach Kedarnath Dham.  The'}, {'start': '23.359', 'end': '27.439', 'text': 'doors will open in some time as it is'}, {'start': '25.279', 'end': '29.760', 'text': 'snow season.  In such a situation the doors'}, {'start': '27.439', 'end': '32.640', 'text': 'remain closed.  Today is this auspicious moment and you'}, {'start': '29.760', 'end': '35.840', 'text': 'can see that Kedarnath Dham has been decorated with flowers.'}, {'start': '32.640', 'end': '38.559', 'text': 'These devotees eagerly wait for this moment'}, {'start': '35.840', 'end': '42.800', 'text': 'because those who are devotees of Bhole,'}, {'start': '38.559', 'end': '45.840', 'text': 'you may call him Shiva, you may call him Bhole, you may'}, {'start': '42.800', 'end': '48.000', 'text': 'call him by any name, people have immense faith in him'}, {'start': '45.840', 'end': '51.840', 'text': 'and see this second picture that'}, {'start': '48.000', 'end': '54.160', 'text': 'today the doors of Kedarnath Dham are going to be'}, {'start': '51.840', 'end': '56.399', 'text': 'opened with the traditional rituals.  These doors will open in some time from now.'}, {'start': '54.160', 'end': '59.039', 'text': 'You see these pictures and there is a'}, {'start': '56.399', 'end': '61.840', 'text': 'flood of devotees in the court of Bhole.  Let us'}, {'start': '59.039', 'end': '64.000', 'text': 'tell you about these special pictures which'}, {'start': '61.840', 'end': '66.880', 'text': 'we are showing you at this time.  Kedarnath Dham has been'}, {'start': '64.000', 'end': '69.600', 'text': 'decorated with 108 quintals of flowers.'}, {'start': '66.880', 'end': '72.479', 'text': 'After the doors open, Bholenath will be worshipped here for the next six months.'}, {'start': '72.479', 'end': '77.439', 'text': 'On May 4, the doors of Badrinath Dham will also be'}, {'start': '74.799', 'end': '79.600', 'text': 'opened for devotees.  So here a'}, {'start': '77.439', 'end': '82.000', 'text': 'record is made every time we watch.   It'}, {'start': '79.600', 'end': '84.320', 'text': 'is a difficult path.  However, you'}, {'start': '82.000', 'end': '86.400', 'text': 'can also reach Kedarnath Dham via helicopter.'}, {'start': '84.320', 'end': '88.880', 'text': 'But some people walk.  But those who'}, {'start': '86.400', 'end': '91.119', 'text': 'are devotees of Bhole do not care about the paths.'}, {'start': '88.880', 'end': '93.200', 'text': 'And it is said'}, {'start': '91.119', 'end': '95.360', 'text': 'about Kedarnath Dham that when Bhole'}, {'start': '93.200', 'end': '98.320', 'text': 'calls, Lord Shiva calls his devotees,'}, {'start': '95.360', 'end': '99.840', 'text': 'people are drawn towards him.'}, {'start': '98.320', 'end': '102.159', 'text': 'In this second picture, you can see that Uttarakhand'}, {'start': '99.840', 'end': '105.600', 'text': 'Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has also reached'}, {'start': '102.159', 'end': '108.159', 'text': 'Baba Kedarnath Dham and the'}, {'start': '105.600', 'end': '109.840', 'text': 'doors are about to open here.  We are showing you these live pictures right'}, {'start': '108.159', 'end': '111.920', 'text': 'now.  Those who have'}, {'start': '109.840', 'end': '114.799', 'text': 'not reached Kedarnath Dham'}, {'start': '111.920', 'end': '117.920', 'text': 'can watch this live darshan through News 18 India.'}, {'start': '114.799', 'end': '119.439', 'text': 'We are showing you these magnificent divine pictures at this time'}, {'start': '117.920', 'end': '122.719', 'text': 'and the people who have'}, {'start': '119.439', 'end': '125.840', 'text': 'reached here consider themselves fortunate'}, {'start': '122.719', 'end': '129.280', 'text': 'that they have reached here on this auspicious day when the'}, {'start': '125.840', 'end': '131.840', 'text': 'doors are opening today after remaining closed for so many months.'}, {'start': '131.840', 'end': '137.520', 'text': 'You can see the three pictures, the puja that will take place,'}, {'start': '134.640', 'end': '140.000', 'text': 'these doors are going to be opened with special puja archana and religious rituals'}, {'start': '137.520', 'end': '142.400', 'text': 'and you'}, {'start': '140.000', 'end': '144.640', 'text': 'can hear the sound of the bells.  So'}, {'start': '142.400', 'end': '147.599', 'text': 'Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has also'}, {'start': '144.640', 'end': '149.920', 'text': 'reached Kedarnath Dham here.  From today you will be able to have darshan at Kedarnath Dham.'}, {'start': '149.920', 'end': '156.239', 'text': 'We are showing you these grand pictures right now and people have'}, {'start': '152.800', 'end': '159.040', 'text': 'immense faith.  Let me tell you that'}, {'start': '156.239', 'end': '160.959', 'text': 'after the doors open,'}, {'start': '159.040', 'end': '164.000', 'text': 'devotees continuously arrive here.  Before this the holy'}, {'start': '160.959', 'end': '166.000', 'text': 'palanquin is taken out.  This yatra was started on 27th April with the worship of'}, {'start': '164.000', 'end': '168.239', 'text': 'Bhairavnath ji in Omkareshwar temple located in Ukhimat.'}, {'start': '168.239', 'end': '176.040', 'text': 'So'}, {'start': '171.280', 'end': '176.040', 'text': 'you can see these pictures of the doors opening in the traditional manner'}, {'start': '177.990', 'end': '184.610', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '187.300', 'end': '190.429', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '195.840', 'end': '199.120', 'text': 'So you can see these pictures at this time.'}, {'start': '197.680', 'end': '202.720', 'text': 'Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh'}, {'start': '199.120', 'end': '204.159', 'text': 'Dhami has also arrived and'}, {'start': '202.720', 'end': '206.959', 'text': 'we are showing you these grand pictures at this time because the'}, {'start': '204.159', 'end': '209.519', 'text': 'doors of Kedarnath are going to open in some time.'}, {'start': '206.959', 'end': '212.400', 'text': 'Now a flood of devotees has'}, {'start': '209.519', 'end': '216.959', 'text': 'gathered here.  Pushkar Singh Dhami, you see, has'}, {'start': '212.400', 'end': '219.280', 'text': 'arrived and will take darshan here.'}, {'start': '216.959', 'end': '222.000', 'text': 'People who have reached here are chanting slogans in praise of Bholenath'}, {'start': '219.280', 'end': '224.640', 'text': 'and let me tell you that the'}, {'start': '222.000', 'end': '227.360', 'text': 'doors of Badrinath Dham will also open on May 4.  There'}, {'start': '224.640', 'end': '230.879', 'text': 'is a flood of devotion in the court of Bhole.  The'}, {'start': '227.360', 'end': '232.959', 'text': 'entire place has been decorated with flowers.  And in such a situation'}, {'start': '230.879', 'end': '235.120', 'text': 'people wait for this moment eagerly.   Those who have'}, {'start': '232.959', 'end': '238.720', 'text': 'reached here'}, {'start': '235.120', 'end': '241.439', 'text': 'consider themselves fortunate and every Hindu has faith'}, {'start': '238.720', 'end': '244.319', 'text': ', a desire to'}, {'start': '241.439', 'end': '246.640', 'text': 'visit Kedarnath Dham at least once in their lifetime'}, {'start': '244.319', 'end': '249.200', 'text': 'because those who are devotees of Bholenath are drawn here.'}, {'start': '246.640', 'end': '251.519', 'text': 'But there is also a belief about Kedarnath Dham that the'}, {'start': '251.519', 'end': '255.519', 'text': 'devotees are able to reach there only when Lord Shiva calls his devotees.  It is a'}, {'start': '253.680', 'end': '258.079', 'text': 'difficult path if you go on foot, those who have gone to'}, {'start': '255.519', 'end': '259.919', 'text': 'Kedarnath Dham.  There are'}, {'start': '258.079', 'end': '262.400', 'text': 'many challenges but after'}, {'start': '259.919', 'end': '265.280', 'text': 'overcoming them they reach here'}, {'start': '262.400', 'end': '268.800', 'text': 'and when the people reach here you can see that the'}, {'start': '265.280', 'end': '272.360', 'text': 'whole place has been decorated with flowers.  So,'}, {'start': '268.800', 'end': '276.080', 'text': 'in some time from now, these doors are going to open'}, {'start': '272.360', 'end': '279.199', 'text': 'and these doors of the temple are the sanctum sanctorum.  There is a'}, {'start': '276.080', 'end': '282.639', 'text': 'ritual for opening it and let me'}, {'start': '279.199', 'end': '284.800', 'text': 'tell you that this ritual is also'}, {'start': '282.639', 'end': '286.880', 'text': 'interesting because the first person to'}, {'start': '286.880', 'end': '292.800', 'text': 'enter the temple will be Rawal Bhim Shankar, the chief of Veerashaiva Lingayat community of Karnataka.'}, {'start': '290.320', 'end': '296.160', 'text': 'After the Akhand Jyoti Darshan, the sanctum sanctorum will be cleaned.'}, {'start': '296.160', 'end': '301.919', 'text': 'With the Rudra Abhishek, Shiv Tandava Stotra and the mantras of Kedar Kashyap, the'}, {'start': '299.199', 'end': '304.639', 'text': 'Bhishma Shringar offered to Baba six months ago will be'}, {'start': '301.919', 'end': '307.600', 'text': 'removed.  These are religious rituals,'}, {'start': '304.639', 'end': '311.360', 'text': 'traditional rituals which are performed and'}, {'start': '307.600', 'end': '313.759', 'text': 'after that common people may talk about VIPs or'}, {'start': '311.360', 'end': '316.960', 'text': "common people because in Baba's court"}, {'start': '313.759', 'end': '320.080', 'text': 'everybody is equal.  People arrive in large numbers'}, {'start': '316.960', 'end': '322.479', 'text': 'and we are showing you these grand pictures right now.  Those who are'}, {'start': '320.080', 'end': '324.320', 'text': 'unable to reach here'}, {'start': '324.320', 'end': '329.199', 'text': 'can see these live pictures through News18 India at this time'}, {'start': '326.639', 'end': '332.320', 'text': 'and let us tell you that after the doors open,'}, {'start': '329.199', 'end': '335.199', 'text': 'devotees will be able to have darshan for the next six months, so'}, {'start': '332.320', 'end': '337.039', 'text': 'between June and August the'}, {'start': '335.199', 'end': '340.160', 'text': 'weather remains bad but if the'}, {'start': '337.039', 'end': '343.039', 'text': 'weather remains good then more than 25 lakh people are'}, {'start': '340.160', 'end': '344.960', 'text': 'expected to reach and the Chardham Yatra has'}, {'start': '343.039', 'end': '347.280', 'text': 'already started.  Let us tell you that the'}, {'start': '344.960', 'end': '350.320', 'text': 'doors of Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham were'}, {'start': '347.280', 'end': '353.520', 'text': 'opened on 30th April.  The'}, {'start': '350.320', 'end': '356.000', 'text': 'doors of Badrinath Dham are also going to open on 4th May.  After some time from now, the'}, {'start': '353.520', 'end': '359.919', 'text': 'doors of Kedarnath Dham will also open.'}, {'start': '356.000', 'end': '362.520', 'text': 'You can see these pictures and those who have'}, {'start': '359.919', 'end': '366.240', 'text': 'not been able to reach here can'}, {'start': '362.520', 'end': '368.319', 'text': 'see these pictures and these are the'}, {'start': '366.240', 'end': '370.720', 'text': 'entire religious rituals which take place,'}, {'start': '368.319', 'end': '373.440', 'text': 'we are telling you one by one.  You see'}, {'start': '370.720', 'end': '375.440', 'text': 'that the seasonal fruits and'}, {'start': '373.440', 'end': '379.600', 'text': 'dry fruits that are kept near the Shivlinga are removed.  It is'}, {'start': '375.440', 'end': '382.240', 'text': 'called Argha and it takes time for'}, {'start': '379.600', 'end': '386.000', 'text': 'these rituals to be performed because the'}, {'start': '382.240', 'end': '388.160', 'text': 'doors remain closed for six months and then the'}, {'start': '386.000', 'end': '391.280', 'text': 'doors open for another six months.  Three pictures are'}, {'start': '388.160', 'end': '393.680', 'text': 'in front of you at this moment.  You will see that the'}, {'start': '391.280', 'end': '396.319', 'text': 'doors will open here in a little while and there will be a'}, {'start': '393.680', 'end': '398.319', 'text': 'queue of people.  Uttarakhand'}, {'start': '396.319', 'end': '403.039', 'text': 'Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami himself has'}, {'start': '398.319', 'end': '406.120', 'text': 'reached here and you can see that'}, {'start': '403.039', 'end': '410.319', 'text': 'this is a very sacred place for the people of Hindu religion.'}, {'start': '406.120', 'end': '414.000', 'text': 'This Shivlinga of Kedarnath temple'}, {'start': '410.319', 'end': '416.319', 'text': 'is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas and is'}, {'start': '416.319', 'end': '421.520', 'text': 'counted among the Char Dham and Panch Kedar of Hinduism.  So you'}, {'start': '418.560', 'end': '423.960', 'text': 'can understand its importance.  Everyone wishes to'}, {'start': '423.960', 'end': '430.000', 'text': 'visit here once and these pictures become very special.'}, {'start': '427.199', 'end': '432.240', 'text': 'See the first picture.  These are supernatural pictures'}, {'start': '430.000', 'end': '434.560', 'text': ', magnificent pictures, divine pictures.'}, {'start': '432.240', 'end': '438.560', 'text': 'You see that the devotees have arrived.'}, {'start': '434.560', 'end': '440.240', 'text': 'These photos were taken in June.  And it'}, {'start': '438.560', 'end': '443.039', 'text': 'is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas which are'}, {'start': '440.240', 'end': '446.319', 'text': 'considered to be the most sacred abode of Lord Shiva.'}, {'start': '443.039', 'end': '447.800', 'text': 'That is why Shiva devotees visit here and there is'}, {'start': '446.319', 'end': '452.319', 'text': 'a'}, {'start': '447.800', 'end': '455.039', 'text': 'special tradition behind it which is that this Kedarnath Dham is the place where'}, {'start': '452.319', 'end': '457.039', 'text': 'after the Kurukshetra war, the Pandavas'}, {'start': '458.960', 'end': '463.919', 'text': 'asked forgiveness from Lord Shiva for their sins committed during the war especially the killing of their relatives and after that it is said'}, {'start': '461.919', 'end': '466.479', 'text': 'that Shiva did not want to meet them.'}, {'start': '463.919', 'end': '469.680', 'text': 'He took the form of a bull i.e.'}, {'start': '466.479', 'end': '472.400', 'text': 'Nandi and hid in the Garhwal region.'}, {'start': '469.680', 'end': '474.160', 'text': 'After that, you see that'}, {'start': '474.160', 'end': '479.520', 'text': 'people offer water to this Shivalinga.  Belpatra, the'}, {'start': '477.120', 'end': '483.039', 'text': 'things which are dear to Lord Shiva, are'}, {'start': '479.520', 'end': '485.520', 'text': 'offered here.  And in this situation, you'}, {'start': '483.039', 'end': '488.400', 'text': 'see that there is a mountain.  Surrounded by mountains,'}, {'start': '485.520', 'end': '491.680', 'text': 'this is one of the four Dhams and people come here.  The'}, {'start': '491.680', 'end': '498.080', 'text': 'architecture of the temple reflects a mixture of Hindu and Tibetan styles'}, {'start': '494.400', 'end': '501.120', 'text': 'and it is a special place.  It'}, {'start': '498.080', 'end': '503.199', 'text': "is the holy place of Lord Shiva.  That's why"}, {'start': '501.120', 'end': '505.919', 'text': 'people come here.  You will see that these'}, {'start': '503.199', 'end': '508.000', 'text': 'doors will open in some time from now.'}, {'start': '505.919', 'end': '510.720', 'text': 'That is why religious rituals are carried out here in'}, {'start': '508.000', 'end': '513.440', 'text': 'advance by taking out a palanquin.  These'}, {'start': '510.720', 'end': '516.000', 'text': 'rituals begin some time in advance.'}, {'start': '513.440', 'end': '518.640', 'text': 'Because the'}, {'start': '516.000', 'end': '521.519', 'text': 'doors remain closed for six months.  The doors will be open for the next 6 months.  This'}, {'start': '518.640', 'end': '524.159', 'text': 'means that people will be able to have darshan here'}, {'start': '521.519', 'end': '527.600', 'text': 'and after that we see that'}, {'start': '524.159', 'end': '530.800', 'text': 'last time too, people had come in record numbers.'}, {'start': '527.600', 'end': '532.560', 'text': 'We are showing you these live pictures at this time.'}, {'start': '530.800', 'end': '534.720', 'text': 'Before this, if we'}, {'start': '532.560', 'end': '537.680', 'text': 'talk about Gangotri and Yamunotri, the'}, {'start': '534.720', 'end': '543.640', 'text': 'doors there have already opened.  The doors of Badrinath Dham are about to'}, {'start': '537.680', 'end': '543.640', 'text': 'open.  He will open on May 4th.'}]