Kedarnath ashram where Modi stayed for 5 years as hermit to be reconstructed
The small ashram at Garudchatti was where the prime minister stayed for almost five years between 1985 to 1990 as a sanyasi.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi having spent almost five years in Garudchatti near the Kedarnath shrine as a sanyasi, the government is going to get the ashram there reconstructed as part of the Kedarnath reconstruction plan. The prime minister on Friday reviewed the progress in the Kedarnath reconstruction plan during his visit to Mussoorie. "The small ashram at Garudchatti was where the prime minister stayed for almost five years between 1985 to 1990 as a sanyasi. The place is going to be reconnected with the Kedarnath shrine and the ashram there is also going to be reconstructed," officials said here.
Garudchatti, three kilometre from Kedarnath temple, was completely devastated during the 2013 disaster that hit the area. As per the plan, a bridge would be constructed in the area to link up with the Kedarnath valley. The prime minister had visited Kedarnath on October 20 as his second visit to the shrine this year and would visit again in May next year.
The BJP also has plans of launching the poll campaign for 2019 from Kedarnath temple in October 2018 when projects commissioned by the prime minister are scheduled to be completed. The projects to be completed in Kedarnath include widening of the access road to the temple and construction of banks along the two rivers Mandakini and Saraswati flowing from there. The prime minister had also inaugurated the project to rebuild the samadhi of Adi Guru Shankaracharya. The reconstruction plan is being carried out by the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering under Col Ajay Kothiyal.