Non-Hindus to be barred from Badrinath, Kedarnath shrines

A temple committee official on Wednesday said that entry of non-Hindus to the Badrinath and Kedarnath shrines in Uttarakhand will be barred from this year. The proposal was unanimously approved during a board meeting of the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of its president, Hemant Dwivedi.