Varanasi: Ahead of the opening of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham Temple (KVD), Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust (KVTT) has received a new chairman.
The KVTT chairman office, who manages Kilil Kashi Vishwanath, lying empty for two years.
KVD will be guarded by the Special Area Development Board Shri Kashi Vishwanath, which was formed by the state government in 2018.
Commissioner Division Deepak Agrawal said that according to the state of the state government, a Jyotish and Sansechrit scholar, Prof.
Nagendra Pandey, has been appointed as Chairman of the New KVTT for a period of three years.
“The five-member KVTT board was also formed by Nomination Prof.
Chandramauli Upadhyaya, PT Prasad Dixit, Prof.
Brijbhushan Ojha, PT Deepak Malviya and K Venkat Raman Ghanpathi,” he said.
After the KVT acquisition by the state government in 1983, the KVTT appeared for its management, especially from religious affairs.
Chairperson and board members are appointed for a period of three years.
Over the past two years, the office of the Chair of the Chair is lying empty.
The Ministry of Religion has issued a notification for the reconstitution of the KVTT Board and the appointment of a new chairman on Wednesday.
When reporters contacted Prof.
Pandey, who was at the University of Sampurnan and Sanskrit between 1976 and 2011 and then headed for Sanskrit Sansthan, he said that improving facilities for pilgrims and worshipers at KVT would be a top priority.