For the upcoming Kumbh Mela slated 2025 in Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, the Union Tourism Ministry in coordination with the State Government has chalked out a Rs 312 crore grand plan envisaging the development of the 100-year-old Corzon Bridge into a river museum, developing the digital Kumbh Museum for showcasing the State’s religious heritage.
Plans are also afoot to recognize various important temples, and religious places to beautify them. Giving details of various other plans to be undertaken by Tourism Department to beautify the city during mega event, a senior official from the Union Tourism Ministry said that plans are afoot to install Welcome Gates to tourists at all entrants of the city.
“To attract domestic and international tourists, we are working to establish a temporary tent city with modern facilities, a temporary tent colony and constructing temporary thematic gates at all entry points in Triveni Sangam area. He said that plans are also on the anvil to establish tourist walks in tourist places and launch attractive tour packages from Prayag Raj (Ramayana trail and Sangam Darshan). The Union Ministry of Tourism under its PRASHAD and Swadesh Darshan Schemes provides Central Financial Assistance to the State Governments /
Union Territory Administrations for development of religious /pilgrimage tourism infrastructure at such pre-identified places on the basis of the requests/proposals received from the respective State Governments / Union Territory Administrations, he added.
On the part of the State, the district officials also plan to revamp three temples of Prayagraj before the Kumbh Mela. These temples will recreate the ashram mentioned in Ram Charit Manas or other religious texts. The three temples of city include Nagvasuki temple of Daraganj, the Takshak Tirth temple of Dariyabad and the Bharadwaj Ashram.
The Prayagraj Mela authority have decided that an online booking system would be developed so that pilgrims can make bookings for puja and also hire boats for a ride to Sangam, the confluence point of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, as per reports.