Abhishek Bachchan along with his actress wife Aishwarya Rai] and mother Jaya Bachchan visited the Kedarnath shrine and offered prayers to Lord Shiva in Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand on Friday.

They were accompanied by Samajwadi Party leader and family friend Amar Singh and Aishwarya Rai’ family , according to Rudraprayag SP Neeru Garg .

The Bachchan family, who reached here by three helicopters at around 10.30 am, spent more than an hour performing puja at the temple, situated at a height of 3581 meter in Garhwal Himalayas. They also had parikrama around the famous Hindu shrine of Lord Shiva, under the guidance of the temple priests, Garg said.

After having lunch at the guesthouse here, they left the place at around 00:45 pm. Kedarnath shrine is situated on the bank of river Mandakini, a tributary of Ganga and attracts lakhs of pilgrims every year. The Bachchan family, however, avoided media persons gathered at the shrine area.