Dehradun : After a trek of 16 km to Kedarnath, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi offered prayers at the shrine of Lord Shiva at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand on Friday (in pic above).
The Gandhi scion said he was there to also pay his respects to the victims of the 2013 flashfloods in the state. Thousands of people lost their lives following a cloudburst which led to flashfloods and landslides when the Char Dham yatra was underway.
He spent the night at a hut at Linchauli on Thursday and trekked to the shrine, covering about 16 km in the forenoon.
On the way, he stopped for a tea break at Jungle Chatti. Gandhi later said that he felt at peace during his visit to the shrine.
On being asked what he sought from god, he said he did not ask for anything, adding that he felt “a fire-like feeling” inside the shrine.
