India - November 25, 2024

PRASHAD SCHEME

November 25, 2024

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Ministry of Tourism under its ‘Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive’ (PRASHAD) Scheme provides Financial Assistance to the State Governments and Union Territories Administration for development of Tourism Infrastructure at the Pre-Identified Pilgrimage destinations/Heritage Cities. Under this Scheme, infrastructure interventions are carried out in consultation with the State Governments/UTs.

Ministry of Tourism, from time to time receives proposals from various sources regarding development of infrastructure under PRASHAD Scheme and these proposals are evaluated as per scheme guidelines and established procedures.

Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned 46 projects under its PRASHAD Scheme including 3 projects in Andhra Pradesh. A total of 29 sites are identified for development under the PRASHAD Scheme including 2 sites in Andhra Pradesh. The details of the projects sanctioned and sites identified are Annexed.

This information was given by Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.

Annexure

List of projects sanctioned under PRASHAD Scheme of Ministry of Tourism given below:

(Rs. in Crore)

State/UT	S.No.	Project Name	Sanction Year	Approved Cost	Amount Released	Physical Progress%	Financial Progress%
Andhra Pradesh		Development of Pilgrim Amenities at Amaravati	2015-16	27.77	27.77	100	100
		Development of Srisailam Temple	2017-18	43.08	43.08	100	100
		Development of Pilgrimage Amenities at Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narsimha Swami Vari Devasthanam at Simhachalam	2022-23	54.04	13.69	28	25
Arunachal Pradesh		Development of Parshuram Kund	2020-21	37.88	21.95	86	58
Assam		Development of Pilgrimage amenities at Kamakhya Temple	2015-16	29.80	29.80	100	100
Bihar		Development at Patna Sahib	2015-16	29.62	29.62	100	100
Bihar		Development of basic facilities at Vishnupad temple	2014-15	3.63	3.63	100	100
Chhattisgarh		Development of Pilgrimage amenities at Maa Bamleshwari Devi Temple	2020-21	48 .44	32.13	84	66
Gujarat		Development of Dwarka	2016-17	13.08	10.46	100	80
		Development of Pilgrimage Amenities at Somnath	2016-17	45.36	45.36	100	100
		Development of Promenade at Somnath	2018-19	47.12	47.12	100	100
		Development of Pilgrim Plaza with Queue management complex at Somnath Gujarat	2021-22	49.97	0.00	0	0
		Development of Pilgrimage Facilities at Ambaji Temple	2022-23	50.00	10.54	30	21
Haryana		Development of Mata Mansa Devi Temple and Nada Saheb Gurudwara	2019-20	48.53	34.68	74	71
Jammu and Kashmir		Development at Hazratbal Shrine	2016-17	40.46	34.30	90	85
Jharkhand		Development of Baba Baidya Nath Dham	2018-19	36.79	34.95	100	89
Karnataka		Development of Pilgrimage Amenities at Sri Chamundeshwari Devi Temple	2023-24	45.71	0.00	0	0
Kerala		Development at Guruvayur Temple	2016-17	45.19	45.19	100	100
Madhya Pradesh		Development of Amarkantak	2020-21	49.99	34.73	68	69
Madhya Pradesh		Development of Omkareshwar	2017-18	43.93	43.93	100	100
Maharashtra		Development of Trimbakeshwar	2017-18	42.18	29.93	93	57
Meghalaya		Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation at Nongswalia Church, Nartiang Shakti Peeth, Aitnar Pool and Charantala Kali Temple	2020-21	29.29	24.92	100	100
Mizoram		Development of Infrastructure for Pilgrimage and Heritage Tourism at Chite Vang, Zuangtai, Reiek and Aizawl	2022-23	44.89	13.18	22	29
Nagaland		Development of Pilgrimage Infrastructure at Molungkimong, Noksen Church, Aizuto, Wokha and Kohima	2018-19	25.20	21.33	100	84
Nagaland		Development of Pilgrimage Tourism Infrastructure at Zunheboto	2022-23	18.18	10.90	62	60
Odisha		Infrastructure Development at Puri	2014-15	50.00	10.00	–	20
Punjab		Development of Karuna Sagar Valmiki Sthal at Amritsar	2015-16	6.40	6.40	100	100
Punjab		Development of Chamkaur Sahib	2021-22	31.57	17.49	79	55
Rajasthan		Integrated Development of Pushkar/Ajmer	2015-16	32.64	26.11	92	80
Sikkim		Development of Pilgrimage Facilitation at Four Patron Saints, Yuksom	2020-21	33.32	28.31	87	85
Tamil Nadu		Development of Kanchipuram	2016-17	13.99	13.99	100	100
Tamil Nadu		Development of Velankanni	2016-17	4.86	4.86	100	100
Telangana		Development of Jogulamba Devi Temple	2020-21	38.90	33.07	72	85
		Development of Pilgrimage and Heritage Tourism Infrastructure at Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple	2022-23	62.00	12.82	37	21
		Development of Pilgrimage Infrastructure at Bhadrachalam	2022-23	41.38	8.43	15	20
Tripura		Development of Tripura Sundari Temple	2020-21	34.43	25.62	63	68
Uttar Pradesh		Development of Varanasi –Phase –I	2015-16	18.73	18.73	100	100
		Development of Mathura-Vrindavan as Mega Tourist Circuit (Ph-II)	2014-15	10.98	10.98	100	100
		Development of River Cruise Tourism at Varanasi	2017-18	9.02	9.02	100	100
		Construction of Tourist Facilitation Centre at Vrindavan	2014-15	9.36	9.36	100	100
		Development of Varanasi – Phase II	2017-18	44.60	31.77	100	71
		Development of Infrastructure facilities at Govardhan	2018-19	37.59	30.97	99	78
Uttarakhand		Integrated Development of Kedarnath	2015-16	34.77	34.77	100	100
		Development of Infrastructure for Pilgrimage Facilitation in Badrinath Ji Dham	2018-19	56.15	27.43	62	49
		Augmentation of Pilgrimage Infrastructure Facilities at Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham	2021-22	54.36	10.22	100	18
West Bengal		Development of Belur Math	2016-17	30.03	23.39	92	78
		Total		1605.20	1036.96

List of Identified sites under PRASHAD Scheme

S.No.	State/UT	Project / Subject
1	Andhra Pradesh	Annavaram, Kakinada District
2	Andhra Pradesh	Vedagiri Lakshmi Narasimhawamy Temple, Nellore District
3	Bihar	Simariya Ghat, Begusarai District
4	Bihar	Aami Mandir, Saran District
5	Chhattisgarh	Kudargarh Temple, Surajpur District
6	Goa	Bom Jesus, Old Goa District
7	Gujarat	Shri Nilkanth Mahadev Temple, Sunak, Mahesana District
8	Himachal Pradesh	Maa Chintpurni Temple, Una District
9	Jammu & Kashmir	Utterbehni and Purmandal, Samba District
10	Karnataka	Sri Renuka Yallamma Temple, Saudatti, Belagavi District
11	Karnataka	Papnash Temple, Bidar District
12	Madhya Pradesh	Shri Peetmbra Peetha, Datia District
13	Madhya Pradesh	Shanidev Temple, Morena District
14	Maharashtra	Shri Ghrushneshwar Shivalaya, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar District
15	Maharashtra	Tuljapur, Dharashiv District District
16	Maharashtra	Shre Kshetra Rajur, Ganpati Temple, Jalna District
17	Mizoram	Vangchhia, Champhai District
18	Odisha	Chausath Yogini Temple, Ranipur, Jharial, Balangir District
19	Odisha	Maa Kichakeswari Temple in Kiching, Mayurbhanj District
20	Puducherry	Navagriha Temple- Sri Dharbaranyeswarar Temple & Spiritual Park, Karaikal District
21	Punjab	Durgyana Temple, Amritsar District
22	Rajasthan	Shri Karni Mata Mandir, Bikaner District
23	Rajasthan	Sun Temple, Budhahita, Kota District
24	Rajasthan	Malaseri Dungri
25	Tamil Nadu	Navagriha Temple at 8 places in Tamil NaduSri Kailasanathar Temple, Thingalur, Thanjavur DistrictGuru Bhagvan Temple, Alangudi, Thanjavur DistrictSri Naaganathar Temple, Thirunageshwaram, Thanjavur DistrictSri Suryanaar Temple, Thiruvidaimaruthur, Suriyanar Kovil, Thanjavur DistrictSri Agneeswarar Temple, Kanjanur, Thanjavur DistrictSri Vaitheeshwaran Temple, Vaitheeswaran Kovil, Mayiladuthurai District Sri Naganatha Swamy Temple, Keelaperumpallam, Mayiladuthurai District Suweathaaranyshwarar Temple, Thiruvenkadu, Mayiladuthurai District
26	Telangana	Goddess Yellamma Temple at Balkampet, Hyderabad District
27	Uttar Pradesh	Shri Kali Mandir established by Adiguru Shankaracharya, Chowk, Lucknow District
28	Uttar Pradesh	Pilgrimage sites of Braj, Mathura District
29	Uttarakhand	Timmersian MahaDev (Devnath), Chamoli District