VARANATION: The statue of Queen Maratha, Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar, who received Kashi Vishwanath’s temple was reconstructed in 1777, will be installed at Kashi Vishwanath Dham (corridor) which is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 13.
Besides respecting the Queen Maratha, KV DHAM will also capture the statues of Shankaracharya Aadi, Bharat Mata (Indian Mother) and Lord Kartikeya with the main points of the corridor.
Busy in preparing for preparation for the inauguration of more than RS 700 Crore KV Dwom by PM, Commissioner Division Deepak Agrawal told TI on Tuesday, “More than 85% of the work at KV Dham has finished and finishing is underway in most buildings built in Corridor area.
The process for the recovery of Dewi Parvati’s idol, Dewi Annapurna, Mr.
Ganesh, Lord Hanuman and Lord Satyanarayan at the KV Temple have begun by installing prefabricated temples there.
“Agrawal further said,” The process of installing Maharani Statue Ahilyabai Holkar, Adi Shankaracharya , Bharat eyes and Lord Kartikeya have also begun.
Adi Shankaracharya statue will be installed at the entry point of KV Dham near Ghat along Ganga.
“” The statue of Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar will be installed near the tourist facilitation center, while the statue of Bharat Eye will be installed near the mandir Chowk.
Lord Kartikya Statue is being installed near KVT.
Each statue is 6.5 feet tall and will be D iPangsan on a stone pedestal, “he added.
Since its construction by Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar in 1977, Kashi Vishwanath’s temple, which was considered among 12 Jyotirlingas Lord Shiva, was witnessing the development for the first time.
While through a detailed project report on the DHAM KV project in November 2018, the Chairman of the Yogi Adityanath Minister has asked the authorities to ensure that the statue of Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar was installed as award to him to rebuild KVT in 1777 after being destroyed at Mughal Point.
After seeing the DPR KV Dham in December 2018 before laying the project’s basis in March 2019, PM had also paid tribute to Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar and paved the way to develop facilities for Hajj visits that are free to have a hassle to this hassle free temple.
In February 2020, PM said, “It seems after the 18th century Queen Ahilyabai Holkar, Lord Vishwanath has given responsibility for developing Kashi to us.” Regarding the dates of inauguration of KV Dham, Agrawal said that all preparations were made considering the high probability of PM visits on December 13, but the final schedule will be announced after confirmation from PMO.