Uttar Pradesh govt committed to promoting religious tourism in the state: Yogi Adityanath

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh is committed to promoting religious tourism in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday after undertaking a five-kilometre-long ‘parikrama’ of the Kamadgiri temple at Chitrakoot. On the second day of his visit to Chitrakoot, Adityanath took many by surprise when he decided to walk the entire five-kilometre stretch around the temple called ‘Panchkosi Parikrama’. [caption id=“attachment_4154935” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. PTI[/caption] Later, amending his scheduled programme, he went to meet holy men from the Nirmohi Akhada on the banks of Mandakini. Refusing to take a seat specially kept for him, Adityanath sat on the floor, like other holy men, and said that his being a saintly person did not require VIP treatment. The holy men handed over a memorandum to the chief minister, who said all their demands would be accepted by the government. He said Mandakini was a holy river and efforts would be made to ensure it was kept pollution free. He said the area would be a ’no power cut zone’ and would get 24x7 electric supply. The chief minister declared that the Madhya Pradesh-Uttar Pradesh border would be declared a free zone to make it easy for people to visit Chitrakoot.