After the massacre of the Kauravas in the battle of Kurukshetra, the Pandavas set out on a yatra to Kashi in order to be blessed by Lord Shiva and be absolved from the sin of killing their kinsmen- the Kauravas. Lord Shiva unwilling to give darshan to the Pandavas, fled from Kashi to Uttarakhand and lived incognito in Guptakashi. On being detected at Guptakashi by the Pandavas, Shiva went to Kedarnath, but the Pandavas followed him. Then he assumed the form of a bull. Shiva being pleased with the determination of Pandavas, exonerated them from their sins, gave them darshan and bestowed upon them the opportunity to worship his hump. It is from that day that the hump of Shiva is worshipped in the temple of Kedarnath- in the conical Shiva pinda form.
The Kedarnath Temple remains closed for nearly six months from the month of October and only reopens in the month of May. The temple was closed on 06 November 2021 in which the local Army unit assisted in the closing ceremony by providing pipe band
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