“To represent Punjab, a replica of the Sheesh Mahal may be set up in the second phase,” official said.Īfter the Waste to Wonder park at Sarai Kale Khan, the Bharat Darshan Park will be the second such park featuring replicas of monuments prepared from salvaged junk material from municipal corporation yards. The civic body replaced it with the Char Dham replicas from Badrinath in Uttarakhand, Jagannath temple in Odisha, Dwarkadhish in Gujarat, and Rameshwaramin Tamil Nadu, which have been placed in the four corners of the park, an official said. The project had run into controversy earlier after a replica of the Golden Temple in Amritsar had to be dismantled in June following objections by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (DSGPC). The park will also have food court featuring cuisines from various states so that visitors get a wholesome experience,” the official said. “If both the phases are considered together, there will be 39 replicas of monuments or cultural icons with representation from each state and union territory. The civic body has also selected Narnaul’s Chor Gumbad from Haryana, Basilica of Bom Jesus from Goa, Lepakshi temple from Andhra Pradesh, Sirpur temple from Chhattisgarh and race boats from Kerala.Ī senior official working on the park development said that they have a set a deadline of October 25 to complete the phase one work. Twang Gate from Arunachal Pradesh, which was expected to be covered in phase 1, will also be taken up in the second phase, said officials.Īmong the other monuments selected for phase 2 include the Thiksey monastery from Ladakh union territory, Nishant Bagh from J&K and Masroor temple from Himachal Pradesh. Officials said with a plan to feature at least one monument or cultural icon from each state, the second phase of the park will focus on the northeastern states: the Unakoti caves from Tripura, Rang Ghar from Assam, a Naga house replica from Nagaland, Mizo dance form from Mizoram, wood masks from Sikkim, Behdienkhlam festival from Meghalya and figurines of Manipuri dancers. The corporation is also setting up a 1.5-km-long walking track, an amphitheatre for holding cultural events and a food court. “We are working round the clock to throw open the park by month end and then we will try to cover the monuments from remaining states in the remaining space,” the mayor said. Mukesh Suryan, the mayor of the south corporation, said that the work on creating the replicas has finished and that they are currently involved in creating pathways, finishing electrical work and developing green areas. He also added that due to heavy rush of devottes, the darshan timing was extended by one hour, Vijayan said.Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here The Kerala chief minister informed that the pilgrims from neighbouring states who could not visit the shrine earlier due to the flood in Chennai and the assembly election in Telangana are now coming in large numbers. He further added that if an average of 62,000 people visited Sabarimala daily in the initial days of the last Mandalam pilgrimage season, the number had crossed 88,000 in the four days from December 6 in the ongoing season. In the meantime, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that as Sabarimala is a national pilgrimage centre, a large number of devotees from neighbouring states were also arriving to offer worship. Arrangement For Sabarimala Festive Season The Kerala government said this year, 1.20 lakh devotees are offering worship at the temple daily this year. The development comes as the Sabarimala shrine generally witnesses heavy rush of devotees during the Mandalam-Makaravilakku season, which began on November 17 this year.
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