Dehradun, April 8 -- Around 13.5 lakh devotees have registered for the upcoming Char Dham Yatra, with the doors of Badrinath Dham slated to open from May 4, Garhwal Mandal Commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey said on Tuesday.

Crucially, there is no restriction on the number of devotees who can attend the four Dhams in Uttarakhand, with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami ensuring that devotees get every facility with a safe darshan.

"We are continuing our registration process, till now around 13.5 lakh people have registered for the yatra, the important thing is that there is no restriction on the number of devotees, CM has given clear instructions that whoever wants to do a darshan of Char Dham, they can definitely do it, and it be done wi...