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NATION MAHAKAL LOK PROJECT

FEATURES OF INDIA'S GRANDEST CORRIDOR

The grand entrance gate will welcome
you before entering the Mahakal Lok.
A majestic pillar and fountains of
108 ornate pillars intricately carved
out of sandstone have also been
constructed.
In Mahakal Lok, a 384-meter-long
mural wall has been constructed. On
this, 25 stories of Shiva are displayed
in 52 murals. The majority of these 30 THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PAY
stories come from the Shiva Purana,
Shrimad Bhagwat, Devi Bhagwat, and OBEISANCE IN 1 HOUR
other texts.
Mahakal Lok has a mid-way zone, A better system for devotees for festivals like Shivratri,
Nagpanchami, and Simhastha is being created, which is
Mahakal theme park, a multi-storeyed unmatched in any temple in the country. During any festival,
parking lot for cars and buses, florists neither vehicles nor pedestrians will be required to walk
and other shops, solar lighting, a several kilometres to reach Mahakal. Devotees will only need
facilitation centre for pilgrims, a ghat 20 minutes to walk from the parking lot to Mahakal Darshan.
and deck area, Nutan School Complex, Even if tens of thousands of devotees arrive on a single
Ganesh School Complex, CCTV day, they will be facilitated to have darshan of Mahakal.
cameras for security and surveillance, Every year, approximately 1.5 crore devotees come here for
a water pipeline and a sewer line. darshan. This figure is expected to more than double as a
Around 18000 large saplings result of the new features. With this, the project's expansion
have been planted in the corridor. work has begun under the second phase.
Rudraksha, Belpatra, and Shami
saplings were brought in from Andhra
Pradesh for this purpose.

Corridor in its first phase. It will be nine times larger of India. This is the city which is counted as one of our
after the second phase is completed. On October 11, holy seven Puris. This is the city where Lord Krishna
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first himself came and received education. Ujjain has seen
phase of the Mahakal corridor, which spans more the glory of Maharaja Vikramaditya, who started the
than 20 hectares. Recalling the glory of Mahakal's city new golden age of India. From this land of Mahakal,
of Ujjain, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Ujjain a new chapter of Indian calculus started in the form
has not only been the centre of India in astrological of Vikram Samvat. Every moment of Ujjain is steeped
calculations, but it has also been the centre of the soul in history; spirituality abounds in every particle; and

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