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The seers and teerth-purohits had not welcomed the decision for the formation of the Board.
They had also accused the government of not providing them assurance while taking such a major decision.
New Delhi: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday (April 9) declared to remove the management of 51 temples from the control of the Char Dham Devasthanam Board while also seeking to review the board’s formation. I have decided to take out of the Devasthanam Board s ambit 51 temples which had been brought under it,” Rawat told reporters after his meeting with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad s Kendriya Margdarshak Mandal.
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Tirath Singh Rawat of Uttarakhand removed 51 temples from state control
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Tirath Singh Rawat said that the government will also review the decision to constitute the board
Haridwar:
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday overturned his earlier decision and decided to remove the management of 51 temples under the control of the Char Dham Devasthanam Board and reconsider its formation.
Tirath Singh Rawat told reporters after a meeting between the ongoing Kumbh Mela here, “I have decided to take out the 51 temples of the Devasthanam Board which were brought under it.”
He said that the government will also review the decision to constitute the board.
Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday decided to remove the management of 51 temples from the control of the Char Dham Devasthanam Board and reconsider its formation.
HARIDWAR: Reversing his predecessor s decision, Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday decided to remove the management of 51 temples from the control of the Char Dham Devasthanam Board and reconsider its formation. I have decided to take out of the Devasthanam Board s ambit 51 temples which had been brought under it, Rawat told reporters after a meeting with seers during the ongoing Kumbh Mela here.
He added that the government will also review the decision to form the Board.
Reversing his predecessor s decision, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday decided to remove the management of 51 temples from the control of the Char Dham Devasthanam Board and reconsider its formation. I have decided to take out of the Devasthanam Board s ambit 51 temples which had been brought under it, Rawat told reporters after a meeting with seers during the ongoing Kumbh Mela here. He added that the government will also review the decision to form the Board. Set up during former Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat s term, the Devasthanam Board was assigned the management of 51 temples of the state, including the four famous Himalayan shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri.