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- Recently, the Uttarakhand government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth ?167 crore for a ropeway to Yamunotri temple from Kharsali.
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- The Ropeway will reduce the travel time of the temple to 15 minutes from four hours that pilgrims trek to the holy shrine.
- Project Features
- Estimated cost: Rs.12,000 crores.
- Length of Ropeway: 3.38-km-long
- Deadline: three years
- Type: monocable detachable type
- It will be able to carry 500 passengers in an hour.
- This ropeway will work on the public private partnership (PPE) model.
- Yamunotri temple
- It is lodged in a narrow gorge close to the source of River Yamuna (the second-most sacred Indian river after River Ganga) in Uttarkashi district and is dedicated to Goddess Yamuna.
Chardham Yatra
- The Char Dham (meaning: four abodes) is a set of four pilgrimage sites in India.
- The Char Dham as defined by Adi Shankaracharya consists of four Hindu pilgrimage sites.
- The four Dhams are Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram.
Chota Char Dham(Uttarakhand)
- Another small circuit in Uttarakhand of four pilgrimage sites-Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath is referred to as Chota Char Dham which is locally popular in North India.
- This Yatra or pilgrimage is a tour of four holy sites – Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath – nestled high up in the Himalayas.
- The high-altitude shrines remain shut for around six months every year, opening in summers (April or May) and closing with the onset of winter (October or November).
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Source:TH
