The walls and ceiling of the sanctum sanctorum of Kedarnath temple have been given a new look and decorated with 550 gold layers. The priests at the temple and local authorities, after the work was completed, raised concerns about its safety and wrote to the state government requesting to increase security at the temple.
The doors of the eleventh Jyotirlinga Lord Kedarnath were closed for the winter as per rituals with the Vedic mantras, local musical instruments, the tunes of the army band, and the cheers of hundreds of devotees.