SKJAVST gives memorandum to Mayor
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 18: The members of Shri Kailakh Jyotish Avim Vedic Sanathan Trust (SKJAVST) called on the Mayor Jammu, Rajinder Sharma and submitted a memorandum to him urging that ancient temples of Jammu to be considered on the tourist map of the J&K Government.
On occasion Shri Kailakh Jyotish Avim Vedic Sanathan trustee, former CEO and Managing Director of Jammu and Kashmir Bank & presently Additional Director, R K Chibber also presented a book written by the head of the Trust, Mahant Rohit Shastri to Mayor and informed about the Devvani Sanskrit and social works being done by the Trust.
R K Chibber said that Jammu is the city of temples and well known in the entire world, every year so many tourists and pilgrims visit the holy shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi and there after they straightaway go to Kashmir for enjoyment of natural beauty of the Kashmir.
He further said that the holy shrine of Vaishno Devi and various other tourist spots of Kashmir are shown on the map of tourism of the UT, whereas other places of Jammu have natural beauty and holy shrines are not shown on the tourist map of Jammu and Kashmir.
He demanded that ancient temples of Jammu to be considered on the tourist map of the J&K Government.
He further stressed upon that if these places are shown on the tourist map of Jammu and Kashmir various pilgrims will also visit these important historical shrines and temples and there is probability of the development of tourism and it shall also create employment for the unemployed youth of the concerned areas. It shall also support the development of the shrines and temples and these places are already linked with the roads and have a good connectivity but the only requirement is to propagate and introduce these places to the pilgrims, by placing these spots on tourist map. It will rejuvenate the old extinct history of these temples and also re-establish the importance of these temples, he added.
Mayor, Jammu, Rajinder Sharma assured the Trust members that he will definitely considered this demand.
On this occasion Trust general secretary, Parbodh Sharma, Ajay Sharma, Uttam Chand Sharma, Arun Gupta, ML Verma and others were also present there.
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