State sets Sept 2022 as deadline for 1st phase of Shivdham project

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Mandi is known as ”Chhoti Kashi” where 81 temples of Lord Shiva are situated.

The total cost of the project is Rs 150 crore, which will be constructed in two phases on 9.5 hectares at Kangnidhar.

Dipender Manta

Tribune News Service

Mandi, November 29

The state government has set September 2022 as the deadline for the completion of the construction work of the first phase of the Shivdham project in Mandi district at an estimated cost of Rs 40 crore.

The project is aimed at promoting religious tourism in the district. Mandi is known as ”Chhoti Kashi”, where 81 temples of Lord Shiva are situated. The total cost of the project is Rs 150 crore, which will be constructed in two phases on 9.5 hectares at Kangnidhar. It is believed that once complete, it will give a new dimension to the tourism sector in Mandi and generate self-employment opportunities for locals.

Deputy Commissioner Arindam Chaudhary says that the work for the first phase of the Shivdham project will be completed by September 2022. With this ambitious project, Mandi will emerge on the religious-cultural tourism map of the country, he adds.

He says that from cutting hills and levelling the ground to erecting pillars of the temples, the work is going on at a fast pace. SK Parashar, Deputy Director of Tourism Department, says, “There will be a Kailash gate to enter Shivdham. There will also be a vision of Shri Ganesh Mandal, in which a grand statue of Lord Ganesh will be installed. Besides, there will be a Ganga Kund and an orientation centre in the name of Shiv Vandana”.

“There will be Rudra Mandal and Damru Mandal, Mansarovar Kund, Moksha Path, Bilvapatra Kund, Shivsmriti Museum and a big Shivlingam to attract tourists to have a glimpse of 12 ”Jyotirlingas” of Lord Shiva along with the idols of Goddess Parvati, Kartikeya and Lord Ganesh. There will also be a Herbal Garden, Nakshatra Vatika, amphitheatre and a parking facility for hundreds of vehicles,” says Chaudhary.

The Chief Minister had laid the foundation stone of the project on February 27.