Rudraprayag, Jan. 23 -- The portals of Lord Rudranath, the fourth Kedar among the Panch Kedars, will be opened for the summer season on May 18 at 12:58 PM.

The date was announced on the auspicious occasion of Basant Panchami at the winter seat of Lord Rudranath, the Gopinath Temple.

Meanwhile, the cold has intensified in the shrine area of the Kedarnath Dham and its surrounding areas as heavy snowfall blanketed the entire region on Friday morning, the temple committee said.

Earlier, the portals of the world-famous eleventh Jyotirlinga, Kedarnath Dham, were ceremoniously closed for the winter season at 8:30 am on October 23, 2025, coinciding with Bhai Dooj (Kartik Shukla Saptami, Anuradha Nakshatra).

Before the closure, the temple was ...