Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has said that 51 temples including Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, which have been included in the Devasthanam board, will be relieved from the board’s control.
He also said that the Devasthanam board will be reconsidered. His government will consider it seriously and will soon call a meeting of the pilgrimage priests of the four dhams.
Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said that his government will not allow anyone’s rights to be snatched away. The Chief Minister made this statement after a meeting with the Vishwa Hindu Margadarsha Mandal.
Rawat, who held the post recently, said that the system made by Shankaracharyas about the four dhams, which has been in place since ancient times, will be fully followed.
There will be no tampering in it nor will there be any reduction in the rights of anyone. The Chief Minister said, ‘Whatever will be in my hand in this regard, I will do that. The saints will not be disappointed.
The CM said that he will not let anyone take away anyone’s rights. The Chief Minister said that the arrangement has been made with respect to the Char Dham since time immemorial.
There will be no change of any kind in this. Also, no rights will be curtailed.
Tirath Singh Rawat said that whatever will be in his hands in the case, he will try his best. He told the saints not to disappoint.
The Devasthanam Board, formed during the tenure of former Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, oversees the formation of 51 temples in the state, including Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, popularly known as Himalayan Chardham.
The Sadhu saint and Tirtha Purohit were strongly opposed to the Devasthanam Board constituted in the state assembly in December 2019 through legislation and they believe that their traditional rights are being affected due to this.
Besides taking charge of the state, Tirath Singh Rawat had said that the Devasthanam board will be considered again