New Delhi:
Non-Hindus will have to submit an affidavit swearing faith to ‘Sanatan’ before they can pray at Badrinath and Kedarnath shrines, said Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) chairman Hemant Dwivedi.
The BKTC committee oversees major Himalayan shrines, including Badrinath Temple and Kedarnath Temple, which witness lakhs of pilgrims every year during the Char Dham Yatra, which begins next month.
During a meeting of the committee’s board on March 10, a proposal to prohibit the entry of non-Sanatanis into the temple complexes and garbhagrihas (sanctum sanctorums) of Badrinath and Kedarnath was unanimously approved.
“If Sara Ali Khan expresses her devotion towards Sanatan Dharma and submits an affidavit, we will allow her to offer prayers,” Hemant Dwivedi said, when asked if the actor, daughter of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh, would be allowed to pray at the shrine.
The actor made her Bollywood debut with Kedarnath in 2017.
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