After Months of Priests' Protest at Pilgrimage Sites, Uttarakhand Gov't Dissolves Shrine Board

The Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Board, a state board of Hindu shrines, was established under the Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act of 2019. The priest community in India's Uttarakhand state has been opposing it since 2019.