Char Dham registrations cross 50 lakh in 2026, with Kedarnath and Badrinath alone recording over 30 lakh darshans
A Haridwar operator puts the official 2026 figures on one page with their sources, alongside its own route and cost tables
Char Dham Yatra registrations for the 2026 season crossed 50 lakh by 13 August, according to Uttarakhand Tourism figures. Kedarnath and Badrinath alone had recorded 30,62,228 darshans by 11 August — 16,12,112 at Kedarnath and 14,50,116 at Badrinath — with the two shrines together taking more than ₹74.5 crore in offerings and revenue.
The pace was set early. More than 17.8 lakh pilgrims had completed registration by mid-April, before the Badrinath doors opened on 23 April, making it the busiest booking window in five years.
What the headline numbers obscure is that the yatra now runs straight through the monsoon rather than pausing for it. On 6 July 2026, 13,254 pilgrims visited the shrines despite heavy rain — 5,892 at Badrinath, 3,124 at Kedarnath, 1,983 at Gangotri and 2,151 at Hemkund Sahib. The 2026 season runs about 208 days, from 19 April to mid-November.
Shiv Ganga Travels keeps a statistics page that sets the official registration and darshan figures beside their sources, with its own route-distance table and per-person cost breakdown, which news organisations may reuse with credit.
“The monsoon numbers are the ones that should be getting attention. Thirteen thousand people on the shrines in a single day of heavy rain is not what this yatra looked like ten years ago, and the infrastructure conversation has not caught up with it.”
Figures in this release
| Figure | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Char Dham registrations, 2026 season | Over 50 lakh by 13 August | Uttarakhand Tourism |
| Kedarnath + Badrinath darshans | 30,62,228 by 11 August | Uttarakhand government, as reported 11 Aug |
| Offerings and revenue, both shrines | Over ₹74.5 crore | State and temple committee figures, as reported 13 Aug |
| 2026 season length | ~208 days (19 Apr – ~13 Nov) | Temple committees |
| Single monsoon day, 6 July 2026 | 13,254 pilgrims across shrines | Uttarakhand Tourism |
| Circuit length | ~1,607 km across four shrines | Shiv Ganga Travels operator data |
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Shiv Ganga Travels is a Char Dham Yatra tour operator based in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. It operates road and helicopter pilgrimages to Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath.
Dhanesh Chandra Mishra, Founder & Director
Shiv Ganga Travels, Saptrishi Road, Near Shantikunj Gate No. 1, Bhupatwala, Haridwar, Uttarakhand 249410, India
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