Soon, Kashi Vishwanath temple to be disable-friendly

Now divyang (physically challenged) devotees of Lord Shiva can also pay obeisance at the world-famous Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi as the temple management committee is constructing ramps on the staircase and will provide battery-operated wheel-chairs for them to make a trouble-free visit to the temple.

With this, Kashi Vishwanath temple will become the second in the country after Mahakaaleshwar temple in Ujjain to extend these facilities to divyang devotees for trouble-free ‘darshan’ of Lord Shiva, also popularly known as ‘Kashi Kotwal’.

Vishal Singh, the CEO of the Kashi Vishwanath temple claimed that work for the construction of ramps has begun and will be completed shortly before the month of ‘saawan’.  

Ramps are being constructed at a separate entry point from the side of the adjoining Gyanvapi mosque to ensure that the divyang devotees visiting the temple are not caught in crowd or any stampede-like situation.

The temple management committee is appointing volunteers for the running the battery-operated wheel-chairs for these special devotees free of cost. The mobile numbers of these volunteers will be displayed at all entry points and anyone wishing to avail the service can call them.

A special headphone connected with Google navigation system will be made available to blind devotees. The headphone will automatically keep guiding the blind devotees through the voice call about the temple route.

They will also be provided a hi-tech stick which will scan any obstacle ahead and vibrate to alert the blind devotees. Display boards containing the history and all information of the Kashi Vishwanath temple are also being specially designed in Braille language for their benefit.

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• Ramps are being constructed at a separate entry point from the side of the adjoining Gyanvapi mosque to ensure that the divyang devotees visiting the temple are not caught in crowd or any stampede-like situation.
   
• A special headphone connected with Google navigation system will be made available to blind devotees.