“I respect your devotion and braveness to undertake such a pilgrimage,” Eknath Shinde mentioned (File)
Thane, Maharashtra:
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for fulfilling the desires of crores of Indians with the development of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.
He was talking at an occasion to see off 300 devotees who will make the journey to Ayodhya on foot and attain there after 47 days.
“I’m grateful to PM Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for fulfilling the desires of crores of individuals with the development of the Ram Temple. Will probably be fruitful for his or her ‘shraddha, asmita, and bhakti’ (devotion and pleasure),” Mr Shinde mentioned.
Asserting that Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray additionally wished a grand temple to be in-built Ayodhya, the Chief Minister mentioned the holy metropolis has utterly been reworked and has turn out to be an necessary pilgrimage heart of the world.
“We too will expertise the grandeur and have darshan after we go to Ayodhya for the temple inauguration (idol consecration) on January 22,” Mr Shinde mentioned.
He lauded the 300 ‘padyatris‘ saying the duty forward of them is just not easy.
“I respect your devotion and braveness to undertake such a pilgrimage,” he advised them.
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