- CM Bommai asks Muzrai Department to identify projects for transforming spiritual destinations
- UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to attend Kumbha Mela valedictory at K.R. Pet tomorrow
Mandya: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has sought a report from the Muzrai Department on the possibility of developing Religious Corridors in Karnataka as being done in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of India to reinvent and redevelop spiritual destinations.
“The CM has shown interest in taking up Religious Corridor projects in Karnataka on the lines of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor in Varanasi and Mahakal Lok Corridor in Ujjain. Muzrai officials have been told to submit a report identifying sacred sites that can be covered under Religious Corridor development projects,” Minister for Muzrai, Wakf and Haj Shashikala Jolle said.
She was addressing the gathering at the inauguration of Maha Kumbha Mela at Triveni Sangama near K.R. Pet in Mandya yesterday.
“In compliance with the plans of the CM, instructions have been passed on to the Muzrai officials to explore such initiatives in Karnataka that is a place for many religious sites,” she said adding “PM Modi has taken many initiatives to restore the glory of temples in India and several prominent temples have been restored to its original glory. Kashi Vishwanath Temple Corridor, Mahakal Lok Corridor, Kedarnath Temple and Somnath Temple are some of the examples.”
Likewise in Karnataka, CM Bommai has given importance to the Muzrai Department and allocated the highest funds that no other Government allocated in the last 10 years. “This paves way for taking up various temple development works. During his tour of Vijayanagar district, the CM had expressed a wish to develop Temple Corridor projects in Karnataka. It is also our wish to realise the PM’s vision to take up similar projects in Karnataka,” Shashikala Jolle said.
Higher Education Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan, who also attended the Mela, said that the CM plans to take up several Muzrai projects and is working on plans for evolving a corridor on the lines of Kashi and Ujjain corridors. He stressed that every house should get credit for the organisation of Kumbha Mela.
That’s fine, take 40% commission.
But when will you release temples from govt control and hand over to hindus.
You promised it in election manifesto originally, repeared every year, recently before last year budget.
Don’t think hindus are fools Mr. Bommai
It never ceases to amaze me, the different plans Bommai and his crowd hatch to earn their 40% commission!
For those like @Informed, the BJP strongly supports government control of Temples, as for example the Chamundeshwari Temple, where the income from rich devotees and even from ordinary devotees has been huge, and a good slice of this income finds its way to the pockets of ministers .
If Bommai, Modi et.al. have real courage, they should abolish the WAKF boards in every state, which gives immense power to the Muslim leaders who serve in them. The budget for them is huge and money is fast tracked into supporting Muslims who visit Mecca. Even during the years when India had very limited hard currency reserve, foreign exchange was denied to industries to import machinery, ,but Muslims going to Mecca were generaously given the foreign currency. Lal Bahadur Shastry as the PM did it, when the foreign currency reserve held by India was acute.