Preparations have been stepped up in temple town of Dongargarh in Rajnandgaon district in view of Chaitra Navratri starting from March 21. Maa Bamleshwari temple is situated on a hilltop which is 1,600 ft high at Dongargarh which is one of the major tourist attraction as well as the main pilgrimage in Rajnandgaon district and the prominent places of worship. The goddess Maa Bamleshwari temple referred as Badi Bamleshwari while another temple at ground level is situated about 1/2 km from the main temple is referred as Chhoti Bamleshwari.
Superintendent of Police Sunderraj P and Collector Mukesh Bansal inspected the road Motipur to Sukuldahan via litiya to Dongargarh to be used by the devotees and instructed to make necessary civic arrangements for the devotees. Collector asked Executive Engineer of Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department to conduct necessary road repair works.
He instructed officials to create speed-breaker and enough lighting arrangements near Ramdarbar. During inspection, Collector instructed to allot a particular space for putting up stalls to serve devotees.
He also insisted that officials should coordinate with the Gram Panchayats for conducting necessary cleaning works on the route to Dongargarh. Collector also inspected the rope-way which takes devotees to the temple based on a hilltop.
Peetambar Swami, President of Balmeshwari Trust, Municipal Commissioner D Singh, ASP Shashimohan Singh, SDM Markandey and other officials were present during the inspection.