<span style="color: #222222;">The shopping malls, hotels, homestays, restaurants, and religious places have been opened across Uttarakhand on Monday barring municipal limits of the state capital Dehradun. <br />''<br />''An order has been issued in this regard in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Centre. As per order, places of worship have been opened. However, no decision has been taken on allowing pilgrims to the Char Dhams including Badrinath, Kedarnath, Yamnotri and Gangotri. <br />''<br />''Chairman of the Badri Kedar Temple Committee apprised AIR correspondent that priests of all the four shrines are not in favor of allowing pilgrims amid the ongoing COVID pandemic. The portals of the shrines had been opened as per the schedule and only temple priests are permitted to perform pooja.</span><br />