CURATED BY – DHEERAJ KUMAR AHIRWAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Damoh, Bhumi Pujan of beautification and construction works of Rukmani Mata temple complex in the famous tourist area Kundalpur was done in the dignified presence of Panchayat and Rural Development Department and Labor Department Minister of the state Prahlad Singh Patel, State Minister of Culture, Tourism, Religious Trust and Endowments (Independent Charge) Dhamendra Singh Lodhi, State Minister of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Department (Independent Charge) Lakhan Patel, Chairman of Madhya Pradesh State Backward Class Commission Dr. Ram Krishna Kusmaria, Hata MLA Umadevi Khatik, Banda MLA Virendra Singh, District Panchayat President Ranjita Gaurav Patel, BJP District President Shyam Shivhare. The ministers reached Mata Rukmani temple and performed darshan, puja, after which Bhumi Pujan of construction works worth more than Rs. 4 crores was done with lighting of lamps and worship of Maa Saraswati, Ganesh ji and Kanya at the venue. On this occasion, the state's Panchayat and Rural Development Department and Labor Department Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said, I congratulate all of you today. This is a place more than a thousand years old, be proud of your ancestors, today is a matter of pride for you, whoever has worshipped Rukmini Devi, has Lakshmi and Vaibhav. With the grace of Mata, I became the Rural Development Minister and had pledged to do this work with everyone's cooperation and public participation, I had appealed to everyone for this and fortunately now that I have become the Rural Development Minister, development work has become easy here. There is a need to secure the Rukmini Mata Temple, no matter how much development takes place, you will have to ensure security, after all, how did such a heavy idol get stolen from here, this is a question, if respected Modi ji was not the Prime Minister, this idol would not have been able to come back from Gyaraspur. He said that a committee should be formed at the Panchayat or district level for organizing Rukmani Mela. In the entire state, where there are no Gram Panchayat buildings, the government is constructing them. On Atal Bihari's birth anniversary, the government has given 1100 buildings so that the villagers can get better facilities. He said that today the 11th budget of the Modi government has been presented. The Modi government has allocated 1.5 lakh crore rupees for village development. In today's budget, tax on medicines for diseases like cancer has been abolished. I thank the Prime Minister for this. He said that if there is a laborer in the PM Awas Yojana, then the government gives an amount of up to 2 lakhs to that registered laborer for PM Awas. He said that in today's budget, many announcements have been made in the e-portal. State Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture, Tourism, Religious Trust and Endowments, Dhamendra Singh Lodhi said that today the ground breaking ceremony of the beautification and construction work of Rukmani Mata Mandir premises in Kundalpur is being done under the leadership of the successful minister Prahlad Patel ji and this development work will also protect and secure the Rukmani Mata Mandir premises, for this I thank the respected Prahlad Patel ji from the bottom of my heart and express my gratitude from the bottom of my heart. He said that the idol that was stolen from the Rukmani Mata Mandir should be brought here and installed, after that the work of protecting this temple premises should be done, the successful minister Prahlad Patel has played a very big role in all this. You have definitely done this historic work, we all thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Minister of State Lodhi said that electric poles will also be installed in this complex, street lights will also be installed and the work of installing high mask lights will also be done here by the Honorable Minister, Shanti Dham, wood storage room, a prayer room, bore and water tank construction and boundary wall construction work will be done. This is the most important work because this temple complex should be protected, boundary wall construction work will be done and many works are respectable, so overall this complex is going to be a really grand complex.

He said that earlier a grand fair was organized here from Dasami to Falgun Krishna Panchami, so this grand fair will be organized. Form a committee for this and make a plan for the event. I have the Mela Authority, it has a provision for giving grants for religious fairs, we will definitely give adequate grants in it and for this fair to start smoothly again, you all will have to make a committee and make efforts, and whatever financial help can be provided, will be provided by the authority, I will provide full help, and also through the culture department, we will work to organize Mata Rukmani Mahotsav once a year and it will also be included in the calendar so that this festival continues. He said, this is a very good complex, it should continue to be a Rukmani Mata Mandir in this way, for this, all of you are requested to make it a pilgrimage and people should regularly come to Rukmani Mata Mandir to perform puja, then definitely it will become grand and will move forward.

State Minister (Independent Charge) for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Department Lakhan Patel said that today on this occasion the credit for this historic work goes to Minister Prahlad Patel. Rukmani Mata Mandir will be so beautiful that people will come here for tourism and picnic. Here construction work will be done for entrance gate, CC road, pond, drain construction, boundary wall in PM Shri School, electricity line, park etc.

The Minister of State said that after development and construction here, a beautiful and harmonious atmosphere will be created. If anyone made an honest effort to bring the idol, it was Panchayat Minister Prahlad Singh Patel. The Panchayat Minister brought this idol from Gyaraspur to Damoh Museum and then brought it to the monastery.

Hata MLA Umadevi Khatik said that today's date will be written in golden letters, the Bhoomi Pujan of Mata Rukmani Math is a matter of pride for our region, we all had come to Rukmani Math and Minister Prahlad Singh Patel had taken a pledge here and today Rukmani Math has come alive. He made tireless efforts to bring back the stolen idol, for which I thank him. MLA Hata said that there is only one Bharat Mata Mandir in Damoh district in Kudai village, he also demanded development of the place from Minister of State for Culture Dhamendra Singh Lodhi from the stage.

Banda MLA Virendra Singh said that three ministers of MP government are present in the program of Mata Rukmani today, when three idols are sitting then the area will develop. Kundalpur is Dev Bhoomi, a grand divine place of Mata Rukmani will be built here.

Chairman of Madhya Pradesh State Backward Class Commission Dr. Ram Krishna Kusmaria said that today is a day of great joy, a beautiful time has come. As per the wishes of the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister, a resolution was taken to develop the Shri Ram and Shri Krishna sites and in the same sequence, today the government is going to develop the Mata Rukmani Mata area with an amount of more than 4 crores, which we welcome. He said that the work on the plan for Mata Rukmani Math development is progressing and now the resolution and dream are going to be fulfilled. The proper development of Bandakpur Lok is also going to be done soon by the government.

On this occasion, District Panchayat President Ranjita Gaurav Patel while speaking said that this area will definitely develop and will become a center of attraction for the people. For this I express my gratitude to Honorable Minister Patel.

Former District Panchayat President Shivcharan Patel in his address requested for Rukmani Mata Mandir fair and demanded development works from Minister of State for Culture Dhamendra Singh Lodhi.