Inauguration of state-of-the-art infrastructure surrounding the historic Kashi Vishwanath Temple near the iconic Dashashwamedh series of mountains He is scheduled to come before the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh early next year.
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With a 75-metre-wide corridor, the ambitious project worth over Rs 900 crore will connect the Kashi Vishwanath Temple and the Ganges River.
– 23 buildings constructed at a cost of about Rs 339 crore will also be inaugurated.
The building will provide various facilities to the pilgrims visiting the temple, including Yatri Facilitation Center, Tourist Facilitation Center, Vedic Center, Mumukshu Bhavan, Bhogshala, City Museum, Viewing Gallery, Food Court.
Mega Corridor, whose foundation stone was laid PM Modi In 2019, connects the main temple to Lalita Ghat. The grand entrance gates and ornamental arches have been built in the heritage architectural style in the four directions, facing the ancient temple at its core.
The project involved the purchase and acquisition of over 300 properties around the temple. Around 1,400 shopkeepers, tenants and landlords were amicably rehabilitated to pave the way for the construction. About Rs 450 crore was spent on the purchase of buildings.
During the demolition of buildings to pave the way for the project in 2018, more than 40 ancient temples were found buried under layers of concrete and plaster. Now they are being conserved and made a part of the project.
The project is now spread over a vast area of about five lakh square feet whereas earlier the premises were limited to around 3,000 square feet.
– Coincidence or not, PM Modi will dedicate the newly developed Kashi Vishwanath Dham to the people on December 13 – a ‘Somavar’ (Monday) and considered to be Lord Shiva’s favorite day.
Bimal Patel, who is also in charge of the Central Vista redevelopment project in New Delhi, is the architect of the project. He said that the work of beautification was done without disturbing the basic structure of the temple and world class facilities were provided.
About 70 percent of the 5.50 lakh square feet area of the project has been earmarked for green cover.
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Top spiritual gurus such as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Avdheshananda Giri, yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Swami Ramabhadracharya, along with Tamil Nadu’s Adhiyanam, Karnataka’s Lingayat and Veerashaiva sects, will join Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he attends a grand ceremony amidst Vedic chants. Will inaugurate the corridor project. Mantra in Varanasi on 13th December.
The city, PM Modi’s parliamentary constituency since 2014, is decorated ahead of the mega event – ‘Divya Kashi, Bhavya Kashi’ – and residents of the temple town eagerly await the arrival of the prime minister.
The facades of the buildings on the streets leading to the temple are painted a uniform pale pink, and many buildings are illuminated.
Several hotels located near Godoulia Chowk have also been torched by their owners to commemorate the occasion.
In all, over 3,000 religious, spiritual officials and other dignitaries will witness the KVD inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the grand Mandir Chowk.
After the inauguration, PM Modi will hold an informal meeting with several chief ministers on a river cruise and organize Ganga Aarti and grand celebrations at the ghats of Varanasi.
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