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Heavy Snowfall Blankets Uttarakhand Mountains, Badrinath and Hemkund Covered in White
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News18•18-10-2026, 14:51
Heavy Snowfall Blankets Uttarakhand Mountains, Badrinath and Hemkund Covered in White
- •Snowfall has started early this year in October across the upper Himalayan regions of Uttarakhand.
- •Heavy snowfall occurred on the peaks of Nar-Narayan and Neelkanth mountains in Badrinath Dham and at Hemkund Sahib.
- •A sharp drop in temperature caused intense cold in lower areas, prompting locals and pilgrims to use bonfires and warm clothes.
- •Despite the shivering cold and sudden weather changes, the enthusiasm and zeal of devotees visiting the shrines remain completely undiminished.
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Heavy snowfall occurred on the peaks of the sacred Nar-Narayan and Neelkanth mountains located in Shri Badrinath Dham, Chamoli district, along with the Sikh pilgrimage site Hemkund Sahib.
To protect themselves from the intense cold following the snowfall and sharp temperature drop, pilgrims, local traders, workers, and priests at the Dham have resorted to bonfires and are wearing heavy warm clothes.
Despite the shivering cold and changing weather patterns, the enthusiasm and zeal of pilgrims arriving from across the country and the world to catch a darshan of the deity remain entirely undiminished.
