A temple dedicated to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has come up in the state’s Ayodhya district. The temple, in Purwa village near Bharatkund, portrays Yogi Adityanath as an incarnation of Lord Ram. The statue of the Uttar Pradesh chief minister is carrying a bow and arrow – a depiction similar to Lord Ram.
Special prayers are offered twice every day, followed by morning and evening prayers, in the temple before the chief minister’s idol. After the prayers, ‘prasad’ is also distributed to worshippers.
Bharatkund is believed to be the place where Lord Ram’s brother Bharat bade him farewell before the former went into exile.
The temple has been built by Ayodhya resident Prabhakar Maurya. Mr Maurya had taken a pledge in 2015 to worship the person who builds the Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
Mr Maurya said he keeps reciting hymns in front of Yogi Adityanath’s idol every day, just as he does for Lord Ram.
According to reports, the construction of the temple cost nearly Rs 8.5 lakh. The Yogi Adityanath idol was custom-ordered from Rajasthan.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav reacted to the news with a cryptic tweet.
