Sant Ravidas birthplace to be made like Golden temple
Blueprint ready; CM asks minister to ensure timely report of ₹410 crore project
VARANASI : Sant Ravidas Janam Asthan Mandir in Seer Goverdhan area of Varanasi will be beautified and extended on the lines of Golden temple, Amritsar, by the UP government. “A blueprint to develop Sant Ravidas birthplace has already been drawn following instructions by chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Now, the process to acquire the land required will start soon,” said Varanasi Development Authority vice-chairman Rajesh Kumar. The project will cost around Rs 410 crore.
VARANASI: Sant Ravidas Janam Asthan Mandir in Seer Goverdhan area of Varanasi will be beautified and extended on the lines of Golden temple, Amritsar, by the UP government.
“A blueprint to develop Sant Ravidas birthplace on the line of the Golden temple has already been drawn following instructions by chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Now, the process to acquire the land required will start soon,” said Varanasi Development Authority vice-chairman Rajesh Kumar. The project will cost around Rs 410 crore.
Over thirty acres of land is required for extension and development of the temple. It includes developing a pond and a big langar (community kitchen) hall with a capacity to accommodate 60,000 people and a library equipped with literature on sant Ravidas and other books.
A charity hospital, a dormitory, an art gallery and a museum will also come up. Two roads—one that connects sant Ravidas birthplace to the city and other that leads to NH-2— will also be widened under the project.
Tehsil administration has started identifying the land to be acquired to start the work in the next couple of months. In January, chief minister Yogi Adityanath paid a visit to the temple on the occasion of sant Ravidas’s birth anniversary.
He had then announced that the pious land of sant Ravidas will be developed and beautified.
“The state government will provide funds for development of the pious land of sant Ravidas and beautification of the temple,” Yogi had said then.
Yogi has instructed UP minister Neelkanth Tiwari to ensure that the project report is prepared on time and it take shapes in the coming days.
Tiwari held a meeting with the temple management committee members and apprised them of various facilities to come up as part the project.
Sant Ravidas was born in the 15th century in Varanasi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too paid a visit to the temple in February 2016.
› A blueprint to develop Sant Ravidas birthplace on the line of the Golden temple has already been drawn following instructions by chief minister Yogi Adityanath RAJESH KUMAR, vice-chairman VDA