Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is scheduled to visit Ayodhya on Sunday, marking his first such visit since he was inducted into the top leadership of Maharashtra in June 2022. Thousands of Shiv Sainiks are expected to accompany Shinde, for whom, reports suggest that almost all hotels, guest houses and dharamshalas in the temple town have been booked.
Shiv Sainiks are expected to reach the temple town in Uttar Pradesh in special rains a day before Eknath Shinde to welcome him.
According to the official programme issued by the Maharashtra government, Shinde reached Lucknow on Saturday evening and stayed there for the night.
On Sunday, he will land on the banks of the Saryu River.
“The Maharashtra chief minister will be arriving in Lucknow on Saturday and will visit Ayodhya on Sunday, where he will offer prayers at the Hanumangarhi temple and the Ram temple. He will also see the ongoing construction of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple and perform the evening ‘aarti’ on the banks of the Saryu river,” Shinde’s spokesperson Viraj Mulaye told news agency PTI.
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“He will also meet seers of Ayodhya and address a press conference,” Mulaye said.
Shinde will spend about nine hours in the temple town. On Friday, the chief minister flagged off a special train carrying Shiv Sainiks to the temple town amid chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’.
The special train was beautifully decorated with a ‘Chalo Ayodhya’ board mounted in the front.
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Earlier, Eknath Shinde had visited Ayodhya, a year before the Supreme Court announced the verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute.
He also visited Ayodhya in March 2020 and June last year.
