Uttar Pradesh: Corridor For The Faithful

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is betting big on religious tourism to give a facelift to his state, Uttar Pradesh. The success of the Kashi Vishwanath temple corridor, where tourists and pilgrims are descending in hordes, has prompted plans for three new corridors—the Vindhyavasini in Mirzapur, Mathura-Vrindavan and the Nath circuit in Bareilly.

- Prashant Srivastava

Among the three, the Vindhyavasini corridor is where all the focus is currently, with construction work on at war footing. The Vindhyavasini temple, also known as Vindhyachal Dham, is dedicated to the goddess of the same name. One of the Shakti Peetha temples, it is situated on the banks of the river Ganga in Mirzapur district in eastern UP.