After the Uttar Pradesh government under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath developed the Kashi Vishwanath temple corridor, the Madhya Pradesh government now has plans to develop Ujjain’s Mahakal Temple ahead of the Mahashivratri festival on March 1.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan chaired a meeting on Friday (January 28) and said that the temple would attain a celestial attractive form.
Chouhan made it very clear that he plans to develop and expand the temple complex and the first phase of which would be completed in the next 3 months.
“The Teerth in Ujjain will be developed in such a way that there will be a feeling of grandeur and divinity. Necessary works will be completed soon to increase the beauty of the city”, he tweeted.
उज्जैन में कोटि तीर्थ को इस तरह विकसित किया जायेगा कि यहां भव्यता व दिव्यता की अनुभूति हो। नगर के सौंदर्य में वृद्धि के लिए आवश्यक कार्यों को शीघ्र पूर्ण किया जाये।
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) January 28, 2022
भगवान महाकाल मंदिर, उज्जैन के विकास संबंधी प्रस्तुतीकरण का अवलोकन कर विमर्श किया। https://t.co/xgqy1IQQ5T https://t.co/f0HoIzHQiL
In a series of tweets sent from the account of the Madhya Pradesh CM, he stated that that his government will ensure necessary facilities for tourists and devotees and ordered the developers to make convenient waiting rooms and the parking space around the temple.
महाकाल मंदिर के अलावा अन्य स्थानों का इस तरह विकास हो और अन्य गतिविधियां संचालित हों, जिससे श्रद्धालु और पर्यटक एक-दो दिन रुकना चाहें और इस यात्रा के बाद पूर्ण आनंद और संतोष का भाव लेकर यहां से जायें।:मुख्यमंत्री श्री @ChouhanShivraj
— Office of Shivraj (@OfficeofSSC) January 28, 2022
Chauhan also said that in just three months, devotees will witness new, attractive Heritage Dharmashala, a special pedestrian bridge, and also the light and sound show.
The state budget of the Mahakal Temple Expansion Project is set at Rs 421 crores and the Centre’s budget is Rs 271 crores. The management will further contribute Rs 21 crores which will add tp Rs 714 crore that will be spent on this project.
As of now, 90 per cent of the phase one work has been completed and the rest the work will be completed before Mahashivratri.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the first phase of the Mahakal Temple expansion project, after he the grand Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project was completed in Varanasi.
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