CM of Maharashtra reached Lucknow with ministers: Will offer prayers at Ram temple in Ayodhya in the morning, 3000 Shiv Sainiks are also reaching

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and all his cabinet ministers left for Lucknow on Saturday. They reached Lucknow at night. Everyone will reach Ayodhya on Sunday and visit the Ram temple. Shinde will stay the night in Lucknow on Saturday along with the ministers. On Sunday morning, he will reach Ayodhya by helicopter and land on the banks of Saryu river.

Will stay in Ayodhya for 9 hours
Maharashtra Chief Minister’s spokesman Viraj Mulaye told that the Chief Minister of Maharashtra will offer prayers at Hanumangarhi temple and Ram temple on Saturday. He will also see the construction going on there. Will perform evening aarti at Ram Janmabhoomi temple and on the banks of Saryu river. He will also meet the sages of Ayodhya and address a press conference, Mulayam said. He will return to Mumbai from Ayodhya on Sunday. Shinde will spend about nine hours in the temple town.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde had flagged off the train carrying Shiv Sainiks on Friday.

Two trains left from Maharashtra
Shinde had said on Friday that Ayodhya was a place of utmost faith for him and his supporters. Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray wanted to see a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya, the chief minister said as he flagged off in Mumbai a special train carrying Shiv Sainiks to the temple town amid chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’. The special train was beautifully decorated with a ‘Chalo Ayodhya’ board in front. Shinde told that another train carrying Shiv Sainiks left for Ayodhya from Nashik.

He had said that a total of over 3,000 devotees have left for the temple town in these two trains, which will reach Ayodhya on Saturday.

He had said, when Kar Sewa was going on (during the Raj Janmabhoomi movement), then my late guru Anand Dighe had sent silver bricks to Ayodhya. We have an old relation with Ayodhya and Bhagwa Ram. The Shiv Sena had released a teaser on social media regarding Shinde’s visit to Ayodhya for the first time after becoming the chief minister on June 30, 2022, and a short video on his life.

Reached Ayodhya twice before
Earlier, Shinde had visited Ayodhya as a Shiv Sena leader on November 25, 2018, a year before the Supreme Court delivered its verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute.
He also visited Ayodhya in March 2020 and in June last year.