Overview
- Mohan Yadav led a delegation to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine on Friday to observe how the shrine board runs day-to-day operations and pilgrim services.
- The state plans to use those observations to design a replicable temple administration model focused on crowd management, streamlined darshan and improved public services.
- Shrine officials told the Madhya Pradesh team that the Vaishno Devi board operates welfare projects including a university and a medical college, and uses organised planning and digital systems for pilgrim flows.
- Teams from Madhya Pradesh are also studying other major sites such as Mahakaleshwar and Omkareshwar as part of a wider review of temple governance and visitor infrastructure.
- The visit follows a recent Madhya Pradesh High Court ruling about the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula site and an Archaeological Survey of India decision to grant broader Hindu access, developments that add legal and administrative context to the state’s model-building efforts.