Sambhal: Aarti was performed on Sunday morning at the incidentally discovered Lord Shiva and Hanuman temple on Saturday during the inspection being carried out about electricity theft in the area here in Sambhal, reports Dynamite News correspondent:
The Aarti was done after decades as the temple has been reopened after 1978, as claimed by Nagar Hindu Sabha Patron Vishnu Sharan Rastogi.
UP Police personnel were also deployed outside the Lord Shiv and Hanuman temple.
The temple premises have been cleaned and arrangements for electricity have been made. Moreover, CCTV cameras have been installed for security reasons.
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"We came in the morning and cleaned the temple to perform the aarti. A Brahmin should be appointed here so that he can stay here. Till the time caretaker (for this temple) is appointed, we will take responsibility," Acharya Brahm Shukla, who performed the prayer ceremony, said.
SDM version
Sambhal Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Vandana Mishra announced plans to restore the original structure of a temple that reopened on Saturday after 42 years.
Vandana Mishra said, "The temple premises have been cleaned, and electricity arrangements have been made. CCTVs are being installed for security. The anti-encroachment drive targeted only structures built on public property. We will restore the temple to its original structure... We have written to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)... Police will be deployed near the temple."
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DM version
Sambhal District Magistrate (DM) Rajendra Pensiya, who visited the site, reported that an ancient well was uncovered after the removal of a ramp constructed over it.
"The (ancient Lord Shiva) temple is being cleaned. A ramp had been built over the ancient well. When we dismantled the ramp, the well was revealed," DM Pensiya said.
The DM further explained that the ancient Lord Shiva temple was discovered during a district administration inspection for electricity theft.
