Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday offered prayers at the Kedarnath Temple.

"Places of pilgrimage are the bases of both faith as well as national integration," he said.

"Under PM's guidance, the sense of respect for heritage is presenting a new aura of the new India," said Yogi.

"Lakhs of pilgrims are coming here, which is a matter of inspiration for us," he said.

The temple visit was on the last day of Yogi's three-day Uttarakhand tour.