CM urged to declare Pawapuri a holy city

Biharsharif: Pawapuri Jain Temple Management Committee on Saturday urged chief minister Nitish Kumar, who addressed a gathering of Jain pilgrims from Rajasthan, to declare Pawapuri, the place of nirvana of Lord Mahavira, as a holy city and ban sale and consumption of tobacco products, liquor and meat in 
the temple area on the pattern of Ayodhya and Amritsar.

The tour co-ordinator of 'Sammad Shikharjee Yatra' undertaken by 650 Jain pilgrims from Rajasthan, Parsanna Daga, an old acquaintance of CM Nitish Kumar, urged him to declare Pawapuri a holy city and demanded that the sale and consumption of tobacco products, meat and liquor be banned as it will promote non-violence, peace and brotherhood.

RMM Media Foundation secretary Pradeep Jain, in a letter to CM Nitish Kumar, has reminded him that during his 'Seva Yatra' he had said that Pawapuri would 
be declared a holy city and the sale and consumption of meat, tobacco and liquor will be banned in the temple area, but it was yet to be implemented.

Parsanna Daga thanked the CM for his initiative to give a facelift to the temple area at Pawapuri and said lotus flowers had started to bloom again in the pond around the Jal Mandir which was cleaned and renovated at the personal initiative of the CM when he visited Pawapuri as part of 'Seva Yatra' last year.

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