Dear readers,
After hearing the news that Kedarnath temple is off limits for next few years for public, I was wondering if the temple is at least accessible for priests etc to do nithya-puja. May be may be not. I did some research in the internet to see such news – couldn’t find any. This is the news I read about the current state – fromt this it appears that this place is not even reachable for anything….Till we find out more, I am wondering that as devotees of Lord Parameshwara, why don’t we all do our nithya neiveidhyam to Kedareshwar? We anyway do neivedhyam of maha-annam at home daily. Let us offer that to Him. It is not that He is at a situation that we need to feed Him – it is a bhavam of being thankful to His mercy and His blessings to us. I don’t think everyone is blessed to go there physically but this is an easier way to pray Him from home. It is the beauty and the power of our veda mantras that we can do avahanam of any murthi during our nithya puja and bagawan will be right there and you can offer anything to Him!
Om Nama Shivaya
Mahesh
Also enclosed is the appeal from the temple (http://www.badarikedar.org/kedarnath.aspx)::
Dear Devotees,
Jai Badri-Kedar!
As all of you aware that due to heavy landslides, heavy rain & glacier burst the shrine of Kedarnathji & the route of both holy shrines i.e. Badrinathi & Kedarnathji has been damaged. To overcome from this natural calamity, disaster & to restore & revive the glories of most sacred temple Shri Kedarnatji, Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temples Committee requests the entire devotees around the world to come forward & donate according to their strength. The donation can be made in the form of DD/Cheque & will be made in favour of CEO, Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temples Committee.
The DD/Cheque can be send to the following address:-
Pramod Nautiyal
Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temples Committee
Maa Chandra Badni Temple, Near Kargi Chowk & Oberoi Nissan Motors,
Kargi Grant, Haridwar By-pass road, Dehradun-248001, Uttarakhand.
U can also transfer the donation directly to the following account:-
Account Name:- CEO Sh Badrinath Kedarnath Mandir Samiti
Bank Name:- ICICI Bank, New Cantt Road, Hathi Barkalla, Dehradun
A/C No:- 016401015311
IFSC Code:- ICIC0000164
Swift Code:- ICICINBBNRI
To revive the glory of our most sacred temple Kedarnathji, is awaiting your invaluable participation. For this noble cause Temple Committee will always be thankful to you.
Thanx & regards,
Ganesh Godiyal
President
Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temples Committee
