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Two Lifts To Be Built At Pushkar’s Brahma Temple Within 6 Months | Jaipur News
Jaipur: The Ajmer administration on Monday laid the foundation stone for construction of two lifts, which will cost Rs 1 crore, at the Brahma temple in Pushkar. The 17 steps up to the medieval temple are quite steep and slippery, posing difficulty to devotees.
In 2018, then President Ram Nath Kovind had to offer prayers from the temple steps as his wife was unable to climb up to the sanctum sanctorum due to knee problems. Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra and ex-Governor Kalyan Singh also had to offer prayers from the steps.
The district administration has received permission from the department of archaeology to build lifts at the temple for the convenience of elderly and specially-abled devotees. Peethadhishwar Shyamsharan Devacharya Shreeji Maharaj laid the foundation stone of the two lifts on Monday. The construction work will be completed in 6 months.
Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation president Dharmendra Rathore, Ajmer MP Bhagirath Chowdhary, Pushkar MLA Suresh Singh Rawat and district collector Bharti Dixit were present during the foundation stone laying ceremony.
Earlier, Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission (RSHRC) had issued a notice to the management of the Brahma temple over difficulties that specially-abled devotees faced in getting darshan of the deity. RSHRC issued the notice after a complaint was filed by Hemant Bhai Goyal, president of Divyang Adhikar Mahasangh (DAM), who also filed a petition in this regard at the court of the commissioner for persons with disabilities.
In 2018, then President Ram Nath Kovind had to offer prayers from the temple steps as his wife was unable to climb up to the sanctum sanctorum due to knee problems. Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra and ex-Governor Kalyan Singh also had to offer prayers from the steps.
The district administration has received permission from the department of archaeology to build lifts at the temple for the convenience of elderly and specially-abled devotees. Peethadhishwar Shyamsharan Devacharya Shreeji Maharaj laid the foundation stone of the two lifts on Monday. The construction work will be completed in 6 months.
Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation president Dharmendra Rathore, Ajmer MP Bhagirath Chowdhary, Pushkar MLA Suresh Singh Rawat and district collector Bharti Dixit were present during the foundation stone laying ceremony.
Earlier, Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission (RSHRC) had issued a notice to the management of the Brahma temple over difficulties that specially-abled devotees faced in getting darshan of the deity. RSHRC issued the notice after a complaint was filed by Hemant Bhai Goyal, president of Divyang Adhikar Mahasangh (DAM), who also filed a petition in this regard at the court of the commissioner for persons with disabilities.
