Many eyes are now looking at the temple city Kashi in Uttar Pradesh, the land of the gods for the reason that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the only PM besides the Congress leader in the history of India to serve two consecutive teams as the Prime Minister had landed on it earlier today for his ambitious project.
Narendra Modi reached his Parliament constituency earlier today as part of his two-day tour in Kashi to inaugurate phase 1 of the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor. Before starting the corridor, the Prime Minister performed a special Harathi at the Kalabhairava temple. After the pooja part, he inaugurated the project just a while ago.
The foundation stone for the project was laid by Narendra Modi back in 2019 on the 8th of March. Cut to eight months to that, the major part of the project was completed and the same was inaugurated today. The estimation for the project is said to be around Rs 340 crores.
Looking at the specialty of the project, the newly inaugurated project connects the historic Kashi Vishwanath temple and the ghats of the River Ganga, so that the pilgrims and devotees who visit the iconic shrine would not face any issues in visiting the temple and the ghats to offer prayers.
Making the project a special one, as many as over 40 temples were discovered while doing the corridor work. Without disturbing the temples, the discovered temples were restored, as per the information shared by the Prime Minister’s away.
The Corridor was divided into three parts. The main temple is the first part of the project which was constructed with Red SandStone. Four massive doors were constructed, including the Pradakshina Margam. The Margam has details including pictures that highlight the specialty of the temple.
The overall cost for the total project is said to be close to Rs 800 crore. For this, more than 300 properties were acquired and people who reside there and run shops were shifted to other places under rehabilitation work.
The corridor also includes a restaurant, museum, Art Gallery, waiting rooms for pilgrims, and the spiritual building. Books on the history of the city were equipped in the building.
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