Articles tagged under: Mahudi

PIL in Gujarat HC over mismanagement of Mahudi temple

May 23, 2024
PIL in Gujarat HC over mismanagement of Mahudi temple

Gandhinagar: A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday regarding the alleged mismanagement of Ghantakarna Mahavir Mandir in Mahudi. Petitioner Jayesh Mehta, a social worker from Ahmedabad, through advocate Dharmesh Gurjar, seeks directives for the charity commissioner to form a committee to investigate and audit the temple trust's accounts over the past 12 years. The petitioner also urged the High Court to instruct the charity commissioner and the ...Read More

2 Mahudi Temple trustees accused of irregularities of Rs. 14 Crore Cash, 130kg Gold

May 15, 2024
2 Mahudi Temple trustees accused of irregularities of Rs. 14 Crore Cash, 130kg Gold

Gandhinagar: Allegations of irregularities have emerged against the trustees of Ghantakarna Mahavir Mandir in Mahudi. It is alleged that two trustees of the Mahudi temple, namely Bhupendra Vora and Kamlesh Mehta, have committed irregularities involving over Rs. 14 crore in cash and 130 kg of gold. It is also alleged that the temple trustees exchanged old currency during demonetization, charging a 20% commission. Mukesh Modi of Adardh bank is also accused of involvement in this scam along with...Read More

Gujarat CM visits Mahudi on Diwali

November 12, 2023
Gujarat CM visits Mahudi on Diwali

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday visited pilgrim place Mahudi and had darshan of Ghantakarna Mahavir at famous Mahudi Jain mandir. The Chief Minister performed aarti of Ghantakarna Mahavir and also offered famous Sukhdi prashad in the mandir to Ghantakarna. The Chief Minister exchanged greetings of Diwali festival with people in the mandir campus. DeshGujaratRead More

Police found 2 gold chains in possession of Mahudi temple trustees accused of theft

April 18, 2023
Police found 2 gold chains in possession of Mahudi temple trustees accused of theft

Gandhinagar: The Local crime branch, during an investigation, seized two gold chains worth Rs 10 lakh, allegedly stolen by the accused trustees of Mahudi Jain Tirth. The team from Gandhinagar local crime branch had apprehended Sunil Mehta and Nilesh Mehta, two trustees of Mahudi Mandir, in connection with the theft of gold foil worth Rs 45 lakh and a gold chain from the treasury of Ghantakarna Dev. The arrest was made after Bhupendra Vora, another trustee of Mahudi Mandir, filed a complaint a...Read More

45-day long major traffic diversion on Gandhinagar – Mahudi highway

January 12, 2016

Gandhinagar The construction work for Gandhinagar - Mahudi four-lane road conversion is on. There are 22 narrow bridges on this highway. Providing diversion on these particular points is not possible due to lack of land acquisition nearby. For this reason, the traffic between Gandhinagar and Mahudi has been diverted for 45 days period through a notification issued by the district magistrate. According to the notification, till the time the approach works for bridges are over, heavy ...Read More

Four laning of Gandhinagar-Mahudi highway approved

October 20, 2013

Gandhinagar, 20 October 2013 The state government has given in-principal approval to four laning work of highway connecting capital Gandhinagar to Jain pilgrim place Mahudi. Against the present width of 10 meter, the proposed width is 15 meter. The highway was earlier just 7 meter wide. The project will be executed at a cost of Rs. 84 crore. The length of the highway is 35 km. As many as 900 trees will be needed to cut to execute this Rs. 84 crore project. The f...Read More