Varanasi: On March 8, 2019, Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone for the expansion of the Kasi Vishwanathar Temple Complex, a dream project of Prime Minister Modi in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Thereafter, the temple complex was completed as planned. Then on December 13 last year, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the temple complex in a grand manner.
Since then, the number of pilgrims and foreign tourists visiting the temple has increased significantly. Sunil Kumar Verma, CEO of the Temple Trust, said, & lsquo; The number of devotees has been increasing day by day since the expansion of the Viswanathar Temple Complex. In April 2021, a donation of Rs 71 lakh was collected. However, a donation of Rs 5.45 crore was collected in April this year. & Rsquo; & rsquo; said.
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