Omkareshwar Temple

DEHRADUN: Rudraprayag district administration on Wednesday removed tamrapatra (copper plates) from the Omkareshwar temple, which had earlier triggered a controversy and a protest by chief priest of Kedarnath temple .

Nineteen tamrapatras were sealed by a team of district officials and were kept in a locker before informing the archeological department for further investigation of these plates. Rudraprayag SP Ajay Singh said, “The matter has been solved now and the tamrapatras have been removed from the temple. The tamrapatras were put on the Omkareshwar temple by unidentified people last month.”

After the matter came to light, the Badri-Kedar Temple Committee and local residents had demanded an investigation. The matter became serious when chief priest of Kedarnath temple Bhimashankar Ling threatened to go on indefinite fast from November 1 if action was not taken by officials against miscreants who had put up the plates. He had said that if “the conspiracy behind putting these tamrapatras is not investigated, the Kedarnath palanquin will not enter Omkareshwar temple, the winter seat of lord Kedarnath.

Notably, the palanquin is currently on its way to the Omkareshwar temple after the Kedarnath shrine closed on Tuesday. It will reach the temple on Thursday after which the deity will be placed in its winter abode.

