Tamil Nadu government has announced that every year two hundred people will be made pilgrimage from the famous Ramanatha Swamy temple in Rameswaram to Kashi Vishwanath temple in Uttar Pradesh. Making several announcements in the assembly, Hindu Religious Endowments Minister Shekhar Babu said that the government will allocate Rs 50 lakh for the scheme. He said that mini-buses would be arranged for the pilgrims staying at the pilgrimage rest house at Rameswaram. He also announced to conduct development work in one thousand temples at a cost of Rs.5 crore. He said that eighty temples which are more than one thousand years old would be renovated at the cost of Rs.100 crore. New marriage houses will be built in twenty seven temples at a cost of Rs 80 crore.
Restoration of old temple ponds, construction of new ponds, expansion of food distribution programs in various temples, establishment of new rest houses for pilgrims and providing new wooden, silver and gold chariots to various temples were also some other announcements made. Huh.