09/10/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/10/2022 04:17
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah, on the second day of his visit to Rajasthan, laid the foundation stone and performed Bhoomi Pujan of the Shri Tanot Mandir Complex Project in Jaisalmer today under Border Tourism Development Programme.
Shri Amit Shah paid homage on behalf of a grateful Nation by paying homage at the 'Tanot Vijay Stambh', to the brave soldiers who laid down their lives for the security of our borders.
Many dignitaries including the Director General, Border Security Force, Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Additional Director General, Western Command, Inspector General, Rajasthan Frontier, Economic Advisor, Ministry of Tourism, were present on the occasion. The Shri Tanot Mandir Complex Project is being taken up by the Union Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, under the Border Tourism Development Programme.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, development is reaching our border areas for the first time and as a result of the visionary initiative of border tourism, not only is the standard of living of people living in border areas rising, but also migration is stopping from the areas, which in turn in is resulting in strengthening of security in the area. In this direction, the Union Home Minister laid the foundation stone of Rs.17.67 crore Shri Tanot Mandir Complex project under the Border Tourism Development Programme in Jaisalmer, so that youth visiting Shri Tanot Mata Temple will know about the valour and bravery of our soldiers.
Under this project, a waiting room, amphitheater, interpretation center, room for children and several other facilities will be developed to promote tourism.
Shri Amit Shah visited Tanot Mata and prayed for the happiness, peace and prosperity of the Nation and countrymen.
The historical Shri Mateshwari Tanot Rai Temple of Jaisalmer has a wonderful history and it is believed that Tanot Maa gives strength to soldiers to fight against enemies and protects the country in war.
In the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War, many bomb shells were dropped by Pakistan on the Shri Tanot Rai Mata temple complex, but none of the shells detonated by the miracle of Tanot Mata. Since 1965, the Border Security Force looking after this temple. The Border Security Force operates the temple through a trust and every morning and evening Mata ki Aarti and Bhajan Sandhya are organized in which thousands of devotees from different parts of the country take part.It is a known fact from history, that during the Battle of Longewala during the1971 Indo-Pakistan War, brave soldiers of the Border Security Force played an important and decisive role at Longewala Post.
It is to be recalled that the Union Home Minister had also visited the Forward Post on the Indo-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer on December 04, 2021, and interacted with BSF Jawans, while gettingfirsthand information about activities there.
देश में पहली बार मोदी जी के नेतृत्व में सीमावर्ती क्षेत्रों में विकास पहुँच रहा है।
बॉर्डर टूरिज्म की दूरदर्शी पहल के फलस्वरूप न सिर्फ सीमावर्ती क्षेत्रों में रहने वाले लोगों का जीवनस्तर ऊपर उठ रहा है बल्कि यहाँ से पलायन रुक रहा है, जिससे क्षेत्र की सुरक्षा को भी बल मिल रहा है। pic.twitter.com/pMp9RHGh8W
इसी कड़ी में जैसलमेर में सीमा पर्यटन विकास कार्यक्रम के अंतर्गत ₹17.67 करोड़ की श्री तनोट मंदिर कॉम्प्लेक्स परियोजना का शिलान्यास किया।
इससे यहाँ आने वाले युवा श्री तनोट माता मंदिर के दर्शन करने के साथ ही हमारे बहादुर सैनिकों के शौर्य व बलिदान के इतिहास को करीब से जान पाएंगे। pic.twitter.com/dP0wPVWBXU
जैसलमेर के ऐतिहासिक श्री मातेश्वरी तनोट राय मंदिर का अद्भुत इतिहास है। ऐसी मान्यता है कि तनोट माँ जवानों को दुश्मनों से लड़ने की शक्ति देती हैं और युद्ध में देश की रक्षा करती हैं।
तनोट माता के दर्शन कर देश व देशवासियों के सुख-शांति व समृद्धि की प्रार्थना की। pic.twitter.com/DwynW6Wopm
1965 व 1971 के युद्ध में जैसलमेर में भारतीय सेना व BSF के शौर्य पर पूरे देश को अभिमान है।
'तनोट विजय स्तंभ' पर सीमाओं की सुरक्षा के लिए अपना सर्वस्व न्योछावर करने वाले वीर बलिदानियों को नमन कर कृतज्ञ राष्ट्र की ओर से श्रद्धांजलि दी।
आपके त्याग व बलिदान का देश सदैव ऋणी रहेगा। pic.twitter.com/6ZbIOvKgAN
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