Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], July 19 (ANI): After the Uttarakhand Cabinet on Thursday announced that the government will introduce strict laws to ensure that no trust, temple, or committee is formed in the name of Chardham and other major temples in Uttarakhand, saints from Haridwar welcomed this government decision.
Speaking with ANI, one of the saints said, “Various trusts are constituted to make duplicate Chardham temples, Jyotirlingas, and peeths; the Uttarakhand government will bring strict law against this practice. We welcome this decision by the government and conveyed to CM Dhami that there should be a law to avoid such practices. There should be ban on such saints who are also involved in this brokerage and misguide devotees using the name of temples.”
Another saint said, “We welcome this law. The government has stopped the practice of misguiding devotees in the name of fake trusts, committees, and duplicate temples. There should be no duplicates of the Char Dham Temples of India.
Welcoming the decision, another saint stated, “The decision by Uttarakhand’s government cabinet to safeguard the authenticity of Char Dham Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri is extremely appreciable. It is the responsibility of the government and saints to manage the dignity of Char Dham, as it is one of the important pilgrimages in our culture. It is also the place where our guru Shankaracharya did his penance, that’s why this place is more important. These rules should be strictly imposed.”
Earlier on Thursday, the Uttarakhand Cabinet under the leadership of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced that the government will introduce strict laws to ensure that no trust, temple, or committee is formed in the name of Chardham and other major temples in Uttarakhand without proper authorization.
This development comes in the wake of recent controversy over a Shri Kedarnath Dham Delhi Trust’s proposal to build a duplicate Kedarnath temple in Burari region of Delhi.
CM Secretary Shailesh Bagauli said, “In the cabinet meeting held this evening under the chairmanship of Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, it was decided that the government will make a provision to bring a strict law so that no trust, temple, or committee is formed in the name of Chardham and major temples of Uttarakhand.” (ANI)
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