Mahakal corridor

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By Ravish Singh: The Mahakal Lok corridor, located at Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar temple, experienced massive destruction caused by strong winds on Sunday afternoon. The idols of the Saptarishis underwent maximum damage as a few toppled to the ground, and various others had their hands and heads broken. Despite a large number of devotees gathered at the Mahakal Lok on Sunday, no casualties were reported due to the incident. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Mahakal Lok corridor at Mahakaleshwar temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city on October 11, 2022. The massive corridor, measuring more than 900 metres in length, is one of the longest of its kind in India. It is built around the old Rudrasagar Lake. The corridor consists of 200 idols of lord Shiva.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is inaugurating the first phase of the ‘Mahakal Lok’ corridor in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain today. The Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain is believed to be built in the 6th century AD by Kumarasena. It was redeveloped over the centuries, once in the 12th century AD under Udayaditya and Naravarman, and later by the Maratha commander Ranoji Shinde under Peshwa Bajirao-I, who renovated the temple in the 18th century AD. The Mahakal Path spreads around the ancient Rudrasagar Lake, which finds a mention in Skanda Purana. The lake was becoming a dumping site for sewer effluents and was choking with an overgrowth of water hyacinth. Thanks to the Mahakaleshwar Temple Corridor Development Project, it has now been restored and rejuvenated and brought back from oblivion. According to reports quoting Ashish Pathak, CEO of Ujjain Smart City, “The project takes forward the vision of making Ujjain the central node for promoting religious tourism to connect people with culture and traditions. At the same time, it aims to create livelihood opportunities and contribute to the city’s economy. The scale and the magnanimity of the project is an achievement for Smart City Mission and will inspire many religious cities to scale up and learn from this experience.” The form of Shiva in Ujjain is that of Mahakal — the Lord of Time and Death. Kaal has two meanings in Sanskrit — ‘time’ and ‘death’. The Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is among the most eminent of the 12 Jyotirlingas in...

Among other things, the Rs 850-crore Mahakal Lok project promises to provide pilgrims with world-class amenities Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to inaugurate the first phase of the Shri Mahakal Lok corridor in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain today (Tuesday). The Mahakal corridor, with a budget of Rs 850 crore, is four times the size of the Kashi Vishwanath corridor. Modi inaugurated the latter late last year. Mahakal temple is the third “jyotirlinga” after Varanasi’s Vishwanath temple and Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath shrine, to see a major uplift. So, what is the significance of Ujjain’s Mahakal temple in Hinduism? Read on to know more. The “jyotirlinga” site with a difference According to the “Shiva Mahapurana,” Lord Shiva pierced the three worlds as a boundless pillar of light, called the “jyotirlinga.” The 12 “jyotirlinga” sites in India are where Shiva is believed to have appeared as the column of light. Also read: Besides Ujjain’s Mahakal, the sites include Rameshwar in Tamil Nadu, Mallikarjuna in Andhra Pradesh, Somnath and Nageshwar in Gujarat, Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh, Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, Viswanath at Varanasi, Baidyanath in Jharkhand, and Bhimashankar, Triyambakeshwar, and Grishneshwar in Maharashtra. Mahakal is the only jyotirlinga facing south; the rest face east. That is because south is believed to be the direction of death. People worship Mahakaleshwar to prevent an untimely death. The legends A local legend says that a king called Chandrasena once rul...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Mahakal Corridor in The Mahakal Corridor, officially called the ‘Shri Mahakal Lok’ by the Madhya Pradesh government, has come up at the famous Mahakal Temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlings in India. It is being compared with the inauguration of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham Corridor in Varanasi by the prime minister on December 13 last year. Ujjain, the ancient city associated with Lord Shiva and King Vikramaditya of Vikram-Betal fame, is situated on the banks of Shipra river. Once upon a time, it had seven major water bodies called Sapt Sagar (seven ponds). The Mahakal Temple is situated near one of the seven ponds called Rudra Sagar. With passage of time, a sizable portion of all the seven ponds, including Rudra Sagar, were encroached upon. A matter relating to illegal construction in Govardhan Sagar reached the central branch bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) located at the state’s capital Bhopal earlier this year. In its order dated May 5, the NGT asked Ujjain collector Ashish Singh and the then Ujjain municipal commissioner Anshul Gupta – who was suddenly replaced with Sandeep Soni a day after chief minister It directed the collector to remove the encroachments from the ponds and water bodies and ensure that no solid waste or untreated sewage went into the ponds. It also asked the administration to instal a sewage treatment plant (STP). The NGT further asked the environment secretary to monitor, const...

• • • • MP: Saptarishi idols damaged at Mahakal corridor due to high wind speeds MP: Saptarishi idols damaged at Mahakal corridor due to high wind speeds No person was injured in the incident which took place on Sunday at around 4 pm when a large number of visitors were present at the site, officials said. Six out of the seven idols of ‘Saptarishis’ installed at the Mahakal Lok corridor, developed on the Mahakaleshwar temple premises in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city, have collapsed and suffered damages due to gusty winds, officials said. The incident which took place on Sunday set the Congress party on the offensive which hit out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, alleging corruption in the project and demanded a probe into the “sub-standard” quality of construction. Prime Minister Also Read | So far officials stated that no one was injured in this incident which took place on Sunday at around 4 pm when a large number of visitors were present at the site. “There are a total of 160 idols installed at the Mahakal Lok corridor, out of them six idols of ‘Saptarishis’ (seven sages) that were around 10 feet tall fell down around 4 pm as strong winds swept through the area,” Ujjain Collector Kumar Purshottam said. After that, the corridor was immediately closed. But when it was reopened at 7 pm, a large number of visitors again thronged the place, he said. The damaged idols were not located inside the Mahakaleshwar temple, but in the Mahakal Lok co...

UJJAIN: With the aim to boost tourism in the holy city of Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first phase of the Rs 850 crore Mahakaleshwar Temple Corridor Development Project here in According to Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the Phase-I of the 'Mahakal Lok' project will help in enriching the experience of pilgrims visiting the temple by providing them with world-c lass modern amenities. "Project aims to decongest the entire area and also put special emphasis on conservation and restoration of heritage structures. Under the project, the temple precinct will be expanded nearly seven times. The total cost of the entire project is around Rs 850 crore. The existing footfall of the temple, which is currently around 1.5 crore per annum, is expected to be doubled. Development of the project has been planned under two phases," said the PMO. The Mahakal Path contains 108 stambhs (pillars) which depict Anand Tandav Swaroop (Dance form) of Lord Shiva. Many religious sculptures depicting the life of Lord Shiva are installed along the Mahakal Path. The mural wall along the Path is based on Shiva Purana stories such as the Act of creation, Birth of Ganesha, Story of Sati and Daksha among others. Mahakal Lok: Swanky corridor into divine history The pink of stones, shimmering blue of the water and myriad of colours from tall statues keep devotees walking down Hari Phatak bridge fixated. They can’t help but gasp at the bird’s eye view of Mahakal Lok – the new...

The Mahakal Lok Corridor and the legends surrounding the Lord Shiva temple in Ujjain Lord Shiva is known as Mahakaleshwar or ‘Lord of time’ and the historic temple in Ujjain worships this form of the Hindu deity. As per Hindu mythology, the construction of the Mahakal jyotirlinga is attributed to Lord Brahma Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of ‘Shri Mahakal Lok’ corridor in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh today (11 October) by unveiling a large ‘shivling’ covered in sacred red threads. Donned in traditional dhoti and gamcha (stole), Modi also performed a puja at Lord Mahakal temple ahead of the inauguration. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state governor Mangubhai C Patel and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia were also present at the occasion. WATCH: Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal offers prayer at Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar temple Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate first-ever National Training Conclave in Delhi today People from all villages of Indore and Ujjain division, local people’s representatives, traditional village heads and priests were given special invitations to attend the event, PTI reported. — ANI (@ANI) After the inauguration, the PM addressed a gathering at the Kartik Mela Ground in Ujjain. The inauguartion of the first phase of Rs 856-crore Mahakaleshwar Temple corridor development project comes a year before the 2023 Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh. The Chouhan government has vowed to complete the second and final p...

Six out of the seven idols of ‘Saptarishis’ installed at the Mahakal Lok corridor, developed on the Mahakaleshwar temple premises in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city, have collapsed and suffered damages due to gusty winds, officials said. “There are a total of 160 idols installed at the Mahakal Lok corridor, out of them six idols of ‘Saptarishis’ (seven sages) that were around 10 feet tall fell down around 4 pm as strong winds swept through the area,” Ujjain Collector Kumar Purshottam said. • 02 Congress alleges corruption by BJP Riding high on the success of its '40 per cent commission' campaign in Karnataka, which sought to expose corruption in the BJP state government, the Congress in Madhya Pradesh has come up with a “50% commission” charge to claim corruption as the reason for the collapse of six of the seven idols built to portray Saptarishis or the seven big rishis (saints). Congress’s in-charge for Madhya Pradesh, J P Agarwal said, “In Karnataka, we gave the slogan of ‘40% sarkara’. A similar scam has come to light in Madhya Pradesh. That too in the Mahakal Mandir of Ujjain. The BJP didn’t keep even the sacred Mahakal away from its loot. There couldn’t have been bigger loot in the name of religion. Bhagwaan ko bhi nahin choda (They didn’t spare even god)." • 03 BJP denies graft charges With the Congress party accusing the Shivraj Chouhan-government of using substandard material to construct the statues, the BJP has denied the allegations. Minister of Urban Development ...

By Ravish Singh: The Mahakal Lok corridor, located at Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar temple, experienced massive destruction caused by strong winds on Sunday afternoon. The idols of the Saptarishis underwent maximum damage as a few toppled to the ground, and various others had their hands and heads broken. Despite a large number of devotees gathered at the Mahakal Lok on Sunday, no casualties were reported due to the incident. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Mahakal Lok corridor at Mahakaleshwar temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city on October 11, 2022. The massive corridor, measuring more than 900 metres in length, is one of the longest of its kind in India. It is built around the old Rudrasagar Lake. The corridor consists of 200 idols of lord Shiva.