Swami Prasad Maurya tweeted, "Badrinath was a Buddhist monastery till the 8th century, after that, this Badrinath Dham was made a Hindu pilgrimage site, this is true."
The Joshimath Police Station, 45 kms away from Badrinath temple town confirmed the development to OpIndia and said that there are around 100-150 Muslim laborers working in the area who have been asked to gather at Joshimath to celebrate their festival.
Chairman of the Committee, Ajendra Ajay confirmed that the committee would sanction the permission only if the script and purpose of the shooting is authentic.
The government said that in a bid to reduce the risk of landslides in the Himalayan region because of widening of the road, all necessary steps are taken to mitigate disaster.
Chamoli Police has clarified that the Namaz was performed by the Muslim construction workers not at the Badrinath temple shrine but at a parking facility 700 metres away, without a maulvi and loudspeakers.