PM unveils ‘Mahakal Lok’ corridor in Ujjain
Bureau,Odishabarta
Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the newly developed “Mahakal Lok”, the expanded part of Mahakaleshwar temple premises in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain. The inauguration was done following the rituals and chanting of shlokas and mantras by over 100 Hindu seers.
Attired in traditional ‘dhoti’ and ‘gamcha’ (stole), the Prime Minister entered the sanctum sanctorum of Lord Mahakaleshwar temple, one of the 12 ‘Jyotirlingas’ of Lord Shiva, to perform puja before he unveiled the newly developed corridor of the temple.
After the inauguration, Modi said that spirituality is contained in every particle and divine energy is being transmitted in every corner of Ujjain. “Ujjain has led India’s prosperity, knowledge, dignity and literature for thousands of years,” he added.
The Prime Minister also congratulated Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for his dedication in making the proposal for expansion of Mahakaleshwar temple. Modi, accompanied by Chouhan and Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai C Patel, took a round of the 900-metre corridor, which has been designed with 93 murals of Lord Shiva.
The entire premise has been designed with different avatars of Lord Shiva and walls and poles of the building have been inscripted with shlokas/mantras defining Shiva. The grand event is part of the Rs 856 crore Mahakaleshwar Temple corridor development project. The first phase of ‘Mahakal Lok’ has been developed at Rs 316 crore.
The more than 900-metre-long ‘Mahakal Lok’ corridor, built as one of the largest such corridors in the country, spreads around the old Rudrasagar Lake which has also been revived as part of the redevelopment project around the famous Mahakaleshwar temple.
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