Title: Need to declare the temple of Vithal Rakumai in Solapur district of Maharashtra as a pilgrimage centre and allocate adequate funds for its development- Laid.
(PANDHARPUR) : This is in connection with the development of pilgrimage centre in my Parliamentary Constituency – Pandharpur (Maharashtra). Pandharpur, in the Solapur district of Maharashtra, is situated in a quite place in the laps of River Chandra Bhag with Temple Vithal Rakumai situated nearby.
The temple Vithal Rakumai is being visited by lakhs of pilgrims from India and abroad. However, these pilgrims face lot of difficulties due to lack of proper arrangement for accommodation, sanitation etc. Development of this place as pilgrimage centre will benefit both the pilgrims as well as the revenue earnings of the Government.
However, it is learnt that the Pandharpur is not in the pilgrimages list of Central Government and hence there is no authority to take care of the needs of pilgrims. Hence, it is requested that necessary steps may be taken so as that Pandharpur is listed in the Pilgrimage Centre list of Central Government with allocation of an amount of Rs.50 crores for the development of this pilgrimage centre, in the public interest.
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