Badrinath, Nov. 25 -- The portals of Shri Badrinath Dham will be closed for the winter today at 2:56 PM on Tuesday.

Ahead of the closing, the temple has been decorated with 12 quintals of marigold flowers. The process of closing the gates will begin at 1 PM.

The Shri Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee has completed all preparations for the ceremonial closure. A large number of devotees have arrived at the shrine for this significant occasion, and over 5,000 devotees are expected to witness the closing of the temple gates.

Badarinath is one of the holy shrines for Vaishnavites among the 108 divya desams incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Badrinath town is also the part of Panch Badri temples including Yog Dhyan Badri, Bhavishya Badri, Adi Ba...