AHEAD OF Janmashtami celebrations, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has cleared the Jharkhand governmentâs proposal to rename a railway station in Garhwa district after Lord Krishna.
According to Home Ministry officials, the Raghubar Das government had proposed that Nagar Untari town and railway station be renamed as Banshidhar Nagar, after Banshidhar Temple, which is dedicated to Krishna, in Garhwa.
âThe Jharkhand government wants to develop Nagar Untari as Banshidhar Nagar and model it on the lines of Mathura and Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh. They have plans to make âBanshidhar Nagarâ part of the Lord Krishna religious circuit. They are examining proposals for a tie-up with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) also,â said a senior government official, confirming that the Centre had cleared the proposal.