Shri Badarinath Kedarnath Temple Committee was constituted as per 1939 ACT BKTC. Shri Kedarnath is the eleventh Jyotirlinga, out of the twelve Jyotirlinga of India was established by Aadi Guru Shankaracharya. The Badarinath Temple which is one of the foremost sacred places of Hindu pilgrimage in India is situated in the Garhwal district on the heights of the Himalayas. Shri Badarinath is one of the prestigious Char Dham was established by Aadi Guru Shankaracharya. Under the scheme of 1899 its management was in the hands of the Rawal, while the Tehri Durbar was invested with certain supervisory power. The defective nature of the scheme had been the source of constant friction between the Rawal and the Tehri Darbar. As a result, supervisions of the temple had suffered, its income had been squandered and the convenience of the pilgrims had been neglected. The unsatisfactory condition of the temple which had existed for a long time was specially brought to the notice of Government by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Committee in 1928. Since then public agitation had been continually pressing for reform in its management. As a result a Gazette notification was introduced in 1939 as ‘Shri Badarinath Temple Act’ by the Government.