Himachal: Famous Chintpurni temple to be connected with a ropeway

As per a latest development, a ropeway of 1.1 km is proposed to be constructed for the Mata Chintpurni Temple in Himachal's Una district at an estimated cost of INR 76.50 crore. This move comes in the wake of boosting religious tourism in the state. If reports are to go by, the state government is contemplating to connect a few religious shrines with ropeways for easy accessibility and strengthening the existing infrastructural facilities and Mata Chintpurni Temple ropeway is one of them.

Mata Chintpurni Temple, with its historical and spiritual significance as one of the Shakti Peethas, is among the sites selected for this development. The new ropeway system is expected to accommodate 700 passengers per hour in each direction, as stated by the officials.
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Currently, access to the temple is restricted to a single-lane road from the Baba Mai Dass Bhawan parking area, leading to issues like overcrowding and congestion during religious events such as Navratri.

The introduction of the ropeway will play a crucial step to address these challenges. As per the statement of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, the aim is to attract five crore tourists annually, with religious tourism playing a pivotal role in achieving this goal.

In another development, officials from the Chintpurni Temple Trust recently announced that devotees can now order prasad online from the Shaktipeetha Maa Chintpurni Temple in Himachal Pradesh's Una.
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This new service has been initiated to enhance the offerings to devotees. Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri inaugurated this service, mentioning the ongoing efforts to improve the arrangements for devotees visiting the court of Maa Chintpurni.
The state government places a high priority on promoting religious tourism and operates transport corporation buses to facilitate travel to religious sites. Additionally, a 3-D darshan facility is available for devotees, and the Sugam Darshan scheme has been successful, with the Chintpurni Temple receiving over INR 1 crore from devotees through this initiative.