{"id":208813,"date":"2022-09-30T19:04:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T13:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=208813"},"modified":"2022-12-08T14:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T08:59:48","slug":"what-is-the-rs-600-crore-redevelopment-plan-for-ujjains-mahakaleshwar-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-rs-600-crore-redevelopment-plan-for-ujjains-mahakaleshwar-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Rs 600-crore redevelopment plan for Ujjain\u2019s Mahakaleshwar temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cWhat is the Rs 600-crore redevelopment plan for Ujjain\u2019s Mahakaleshwar temple\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published in <\/span><b>Indian Express <\/b>on<b> 30th September 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prime Minister will be inaugurating the Mahakaleshwar Corridor, constructed in Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Ujjain.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the Mahakal corridor?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahakal Maharaj Mandir Parisar Vistar Yojna is a plan for the expansion, beautification, and decongestion of the Mahakaleshwar temple and its adjoining area in Ujjain district.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is Mahakaleshwar temple?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva.It is located in the ancient city of Ujjain in the state of Madhya Pradesh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The temple is situated on the side of the holy river <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shipra<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Built by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The temple in its present form was built by the Maratha general Ranoji Shinde in 1734 CE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Significance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is one of the 12 jyotirlingas considered the most sacred abodes of Shiva.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 As per records, the temple\u2019s Mahakal Lingam is believed to be Swayambhu (self-manifested) and unlike any other jyotirlingas in the country, the idol of Mahakaleshwar faces south.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 The shrine is also revered as one of the 18 Maha Shakti Peeth in India.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cWhat is the Rs 600-crore redevelopment plan for Ujjain\u2019s Mahakaleshwar temple\u201d published in Indian Express on 30th September 2022. What is the News? The Prime Minister will be inaugurating the Mahakaleshwar Corridor, constructed in Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Ujjain. What is the Mahakal corridor? Mahakal Maharaj Mandir Parisar Vistar&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-the-rs-600-crore-redevelopment-plan-for-ujjains-mahakaleshwar-temple\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is the Rs 600-crore redevelopment plan for Ujjain\u2019s Mahakaleshwar temple<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,7965,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-208813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700773731,"cached_date":1701853329},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}