Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that an ATM being set up by HDFC bank at Kedarnath will prove beneficial for the pilgrims visiting this shrine. Inaugurating the ATM at Kedarnath from the chief minister’s residence here on Friday, the CM said that this is a new beginning for banking services in Kedarnath. Speaking on the occasion, Rawat said that after Kedarnath reconstruction and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest visit to the shrine, about eight lakh people had visited the shrine. Kedarnath in its new form has become a centre of faith for devotees across India and abroad. He appreciated the HDFC bank for opening an ATM in Kedarnath to provide banking facilities to devotees visiting this pilgrimage centre. The HDFC bank managing director Aditya Puri, its chief financial Sashidhar Jagdishan and others were also present on the occasion.