Bhagwat Launches Bharat Durga Shakti Sthal in Nagpur With 'Vishwaguru' Call

The launch frames the temple as a nation-building project rooted in shedding Western habits.

Overview

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat laid the foundation of the Bharat Durga Shakti Sthal on the National Cancer Institute campus in Jamtha, Nagpur on Friday, coupling the ceremony with a pledge that India will become a global teacher.
He urged people to drop layers of Western thinking and to 'become Bharat' through everyday choices in language, dress, food, and customs.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari attended alongside prominent Hindu seers, who praised the project as an inspiration for civic spirit and cultural revival.
Organizers released design details at the event, naming local artist Subhash Bhokre for the idol, which will be carved in marble in Jaipur, with J J Associates as architect to move the project into construction.
Bhagwat cited the Ram temple movement as proof that long goals can be met and credited the late Moropant Pingle with first proposing a Bharat Mata temple in Nagpur, underscoring the project’s ideological lineage.