9 Years Of Modi Government: A Look At PM’s Efforts To Rejuvenate Hindu Temples | India News

The 9 years of the Narendra Modi authorities have seen growth on many fronts – financial, social and cultural. The Prime Minister, who proudly calls himself a Hindu nationalist, has made particular efforts for the revival of India’s historic temples. The constructing of a giant Ram Temple in Ayodhya is a part of the identical efforts. However, it isn’t solely the PM’s private inclination in direction of spirituality, but additionally his far-sightedness – to progressively develop India’s spiritual tourism business. 

Here’s a short have a look at Prime Minister’s go to/efforts to spice up spiritual tourism:

1. Kashi Vishwanath

In 2019, the BJP authorities acquired round 400 buildings and homes for the reconstruction of Kashi Vishwanath temple. Later in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor within the coronary heart of Varanasi, a mega mission with the expectation to spice up tourism within the historic metropolis in a giant means.

2. Somnath Temple

Gujarat’s Somnath Temple, which was attacked and plundered a number of occasions by Mohammad Ghazni’s military, has been rebuilt a number of occasions, which additionally consists of PM Modi’s Somnath temple advanced’s beautification. PM Modi can be the incumbent chairman of Shree Somnath Trust (SKT), the spiritual belief which manages and maintains the Somnath temple advanced.

3. Kedarnath Temple

Following the 2013 Uttarakhand floods, PM Modi launched a renovation mission for the Kedarnath temple devoted to Lord Shiva. In a number of interviews, PM Modi has talked about that Kedarnath is his favorite stopover. 

4. Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

During Nineties, Narendra Modi performed a job of an organiser of LK Advani’s countrywide rath yatra. However, he performed a a lot very important function after the BJP authorities got here to energy on the centre. After a sequence of authorized and political battles, PM Modi laid the inspiration stone of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya in August 2020.

5. Char Dham Project

The Modi authorities launched Char Dham mission which goals to offer all-weather connectivity to 4 holy cities within the state — Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. The mission consists of 900 km nationwide highways which is able to join entire of Uttarakhand state. PM Modi laid a basis stone of Rs 12,000 crore mission at Parade Ground in Dehradun. Modi himself has been monitoring the mission by way of video-conferencing and in addition taking real-time reside updates via drone cameras. 

6. Temple Revamp in Kashmir 

After the annulment of Article 370, the BJP authorities administered by PM Modi launched renovation works at a number of temple complexes within the Valley together with Srinagar.

7. Temples Abroad

Over the years, PM Modi laid basis for a number of temples overseas. During his go to to UAE in 2018, he laid basis for a Hindu temple, which is a primary for the nation. 

In 2019, he began a multi-million-dollar revamp mission of a 200-year-old temple, Shreenathji temple in Bahrain’s Manama.