PM Modi to inaugurate Sant Tukaram temple in Pune

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a visit to Maharashtra today, where he will inaugurate the Jagatguru Shrisant Tukaram Maharaj Temple in Dehu, the Jal Bhushan Building, and the Gallery of Revolutionaries at Raj Bhawan in Mumbai.

The Prime Minister will thereafter attend the Mumbai Samachar's Dwishatabdi Mahotsav at Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai at roughly 6 p.m., as per the information from the PM's office.

In Dehu, Pune, the Jagatguru Shrisant Tukaram Maharaj Temple which will be inaugurated by Modi is of Sant Tukaram was a Warkari saint and poet who was well-known for his Abhanga devotional poetry and community-oriented worship through Kirtans. He was a Dehu resident. After his death, a Shila Mandir was created, but it was not formally constituted as a Temple. It has been restored in stone masonry and includes 36 peaks, as well as a Sant Tukaram deity.


The Jal Bhushan Building in PM's inauguration list has been the official residence of the Governor of Maharashtra since 1885. Upon completing its lifespan, it was demolished and a new building was sanctioned in its place. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the President of India in August 2019. All distinctive features of the old building have been preserved in the newly constructed building.

In 2016, the then Governor of Maharashtra, Vidyasagar Rao, had found a bunker in Raj Bhawan. It had earlier been used by Britishers as secret storage for arms and ammunition. The bunker was renovated in 2019. The Gallery has been developed in the bunker as a one of its kind museum, to commemorate the contributions of freedom fighters and revolutionaries of Maharashtra. It offers tributes to the contributions of Vasudev Balwant Phadke, the Chaphekar brothers, the Savarkar brothers, Madam Bhikaji Cama, VB Gogate, and Naval Mutiny in 1946, among others.

Prime Minister will participate in Dwishatabdi Mahotsav of Mumbai Samachar at Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai. The printing of Mumbai Samachar as a weekly was started on July 1, 1822, by Fardunjee Marzbanji. It later became a daily in 1832. The newspaper has been published continuously for 200 years. To commemorate this unique feat, a postal stamp will also be released on the occasion. (ANI)