The Uttarakhand government in India have made the decision to build a theme park, dedicated to the 52 Shaktipeeth of India. The attraction will be a part of the government’s ambitious project, to develop tourist destinations in thirteen districts within the state.
The theme park will contain replicas of the 52 Shakti temples of India, aiming to promote tourism in the holy city, whilst spreading the knowledge about the shrines to those who have not yet visited them. According to old scriptures, Shaktipeeth temples have been built on the sites where the body parts of Sati, wife of Lord Shiva, had fallen.
A plot of land covering around 10 hectares, near the Shri Daksheshwar Mahadev temple in Kankhal, has been chosen for the park to be built upon. The process of getting land clearance is set to begin in the coming days. District magistrate Haridwar C Ravi Shankar said that a detailed project report will soon be submitted to the state government.
“Basic infrastructural facilities, amenities, development of nearby tourist and religious places of importance will also be done under this project. At the chosen site, a grand religious theme park featuring all the revered fifty-two Shakti Peeths will be featured which will be one of its kind. It surely will draw pilgrims and tourists from across the country,” said Shankar.
The district tourism officer Haridwar Seema Nautiyal said that the concept of the 52 shires within the park is a unique feature, that will attract pilgrims and tourists alike to witness the religious seats of importance in one destination.
This point was echoed by Mahant Hari Giri Maharaj, general secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad. “Replica structures of all the fifty-two shrines spread in India and outside will be a unique concept, which will provide one place for people to know about revered shrines, whose pilgrimage is of utmost religious significance for devotees.”
“These Shakti Peeths are mentioned in Vedic texts and scriptures so putting them all together at one place will make the theme park almost a shrine itself,” he added.
