December 7, 2015
Sudip Bandyopadhyay suggests including Belur-Dakkhineshwar in religious tourism circuit
Hon’ble Minister has placed names of 13 pilgrimage sites identified for development and beautification under your scheme. Why have you not inducted under this scheme Dakkhineshwar and Belur Math? Belur is Swami Vivekananda’s dream; Ramakrishna Paramhansa Dev’s name is associated with Dakkhineshwar.
Even our Prime Minister Hon’ble Modi Ji before election went to take blessings from Belur Math. After election he went to visit the present President Swami Atmasthananda Ji Maharaj who is very ill and is admitted at Golpark Ramakrishna Mission Hospital.
My question is that whether the list you have declared can induct Belur Math and Ramakrishna Mission? There is Nimtala Ghat on the river Ganges side where Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore was cremated; Ramakrishna Paramhansa Dev and Swami Vivekananda were cremated at Ratan Babu Ghat. These are all on the same area. I think that these spots can be very positive spiritual places for the tourists.
I am surprised to see that in 2013-2014 & 2014-15 you have not allotted a single rupee for the state of West Bengal. It is no more a communist state. Religious and spiritual places are there in Bengal. Why can’t the government consider further allocation for the two states in a bigger way?
Thank you.
