Uttar Pradesh: Aarti and worship were performed on Sunday morning in a temple found closed during electricity checking campaign in Sambhal; it was locked for the last 46 years.

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Aarti and worship were performed on Sunday morning in a temple found closed during electricity checking campaign in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh. This temple is located in the Muslim dominated area of ​​Khaggu Sarai in the city. It was locked for the last 46 years. On Saturday, the DM and SP got the lock of this temple opened and got it cleaned.

The idol of Lord Hanuman and Shivling are present in the temple. Many devotees participated in the aarti held on Sunday. For this, the priest and a large number of devotees reached the temple. They performed Jalabhishek and Aarti in the temple. Police force has been deployed here for security arrangements. Electricity arrangements and CCTV cameras have been installed in the temple. This temple was closed since 1978. People of the Hindu community living around it had sold their houses and left.

This is how the temple was found closed for 46 years

Electricity checking and encroachment campaign was carried out by the police administration in Khaggu Sarai adjacent to Deepa Sarai in Nakhasa police station area of ​​Sambhal. Meanwhile, when the administration team went to catch electricity thieves in the area, a temple was seen there, whose door was locked. When information was sought, it was found that the key to the lock hanging on the temple was with a Hindu family, when they were called, they told that the temple was closed for 46 years. It was his nephew who had put the lock on it, he told the reason for this that no one used to come to worship at the temple and the priest also did not stay here, so his nephew had locked the temple.

Encroachment removed from the well

When the administration came to know about the temple on Saturday, the DM and SP themselves reached the spot. They got the temple cleaned. On Sunday morning, devotees offered prayers and performed aarti here. At the same time, the administration also came to know about a well next to the temple. The well was covered with the help of a slab. The slab of the well has been broken with the help of a JCB. Administrative officials say that the encroachment done around the temple will be removed.