Yogi govt drops Taj Mahal from UP’s tourism booklet

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October 3, 2017

Lucknow, Oct 3: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to skip Taj Mahal, one of the wonders of the world, from its official tourism booklet has triggered a controversy. Incidentally, Taj Mahal is the biggest revenue earner for the tourism department in UP.

The booklet issued by the UP Tourism department on the occasion of the World Tourism Day this year has omitted Taj Mahal, the monument of love, which is also a 'World Heritage Site' from the list of attractions in the state.

The booklet makes mention of almost all the major religious events and places in the state including the famous Ganga Arti, Mathura, Vrindavan and Ayodhya.

The Goraksha Peeth of which UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath is the 'mahant' (chief) has also found mention in the booklet as an important religious spot.

A few 'shakti peeths ' (temples of goddess Durga) have also been mentioned in the booklet along with a description of Ramayana and Buddha circuits.

A tourism department officials have so far not explained the omission of Taj Mahal from the booklet.

That there was no love lost between the Taj Mahal and the UP government was evident earlier when the state government did not include the Monument of Love in its plan for the development of the cultural heritage of UP in the budget for the ongoing financial year.

The cultural heritage of the state included Ayodhya, Varanasi, Mathura, Naimisharanya, Chitrakoot and Vindhyachal and the budget has made a provision of Rs 2800 crore for developing infrastructural facilities at all these places.

Opposition leaders said that the UP governmentseems to seek revenge on monuments that belonged to a particular religion.

Adityanath had on several occasions in the past said that Taj Mahal did not represent the country's cultural heritage. ''Taj Mahal may be a beautiful building...but it cannot be a symbol of our cultural heritage,'' Adityanath had said earlier.

Avadh historians and social activists, however, said that Taj Mahal certainly represented India's rich heritage and it deserved to be treated as such.

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Jai Bhaarata Maata
 - 
Wednesday, 4 Oct 2017

Welcome News! Jai Bhaarata Maata !

WellWisher
 - 
Tuesday, 3 Oct 2017

100% crackpot fellow no sense at all   don't  know how to rule the state. Enjoying with tax payers money. People must think of UP state developement and remove such criminal leaders from the power. If this fellow continue with his non sense than UP state have to face worst situtaion.

Economy will fall down

Naveen poojary
 - 
Tuesday, 3 Oct 2017

Instead of connecting the Taj Mahal with any religion, it should be considered as an archaeological heritage of flourishing ancient art.

Truth
 - 
Tuesday, 3 Oct 2017

Bound to happen with prejudiced minds come to power ! Worst news !

Suresh
 - 
Tuesday, 3 Oct 2017

Incompetent government.

George
 - 
Tuesday, 3 Oct 2017

Another attempt to rewrite history. Such attempts will never succeed.

Unknown
 - 
Tuesday, 3 Oct 2017

Its a clear cut RSS & Yogi parallel agenda , lollipop sukking Modi cant interfere here because if he does RSS & Yogi Duo will humiliate him so badly & they will show him his place...wonder how & why modi is shamelessly tolerating these b######

Rakesh
 - 
Tuesday, 3 Oct 2017

What a disgrace this cowdung guy

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Mangaluru, May 29: Several non-resident Kannadigas from various Gulf countries including Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, May 28, interacted with Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel through a video conference and urged him to allow the Kannadigas stranded in the Middle East to return by facilitating the operation of repatriation flights.

The development comes amidst reports that lack of preparedness on parts of the local authorities in Karnataka compelling the Centre to delay the operation of flights from Middle East to Mangaluru and Bengaluru airports.

“We have never forgotten you. We will take necessary steps for your safe return to the homeland as soon as possible,” assured Mr Kateel after paying heed to the complaints of non-resident Kannadigas.

The video conference was organised by Ravi Shetty, ex president of Kannada Sangha Qatar.

Praveen Kumar Shetty, president, Karnataka NRI Forum of UAE, Sarvottam Shetty of UAE Karnataka Sangha, Avikshit Rai, Ravi Shetty, former president of Qatar Kannada Sangha, Santosh Shetty of Riyadh Karnataka NRI Forum, Zakariya Jokatte, president of Dammam Karnataka NRI Forum, Mohammad Mansoor, president of Bahrain Indian Overseas Congress, NS Shetty Kuwait, Pradeep Shetty of Kannada Sangha Bahrain, Karunakar Rao, Shashidhar Shetty Oman, Rajesh of Kuwait Kannada Sangha, Ramesh Bhandari, M E Muloor and Sunil Kulkarni among others participated in the video conference.

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Bengaluru, Apr 5: An elderly couple from Bengaluru

with a travel history to Dubai joined the list of coronavirus patients in the state, taking the total number of cases to 146, the health department said on Sunday.

The list includes four deaths and 11 discharges.

The 68-year old man and his 62-year old wife, hailing from Madiwala in the city, had returned from Dubai on March 22.

They were quarantined at a private hospital and have been asymptomatic.

Meanwhile, the government appealed to people who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat Congregation in New Delhi to contact 080-29711171 Arogya Sahayavani, the medical helpline number.

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