The inauguration of the ‘Siddheswari Mandir’ (temple) and laying the foundation stone of the Ved Vidyalaya at Barkathal under Mohanpur Sub Division under West Tripura district on Monday has witnessed a massive religious ceremony amidst chanting of ‘Mantras’ in presence of big dignitaries including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha and Swami Chittaranjan Maharaj.

While, after the inauguration ceremony of the temple, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressing the large gathering of devotees said that a Bangladesh-like situation will never happen in India as a responsive and strong pro-people government exists in the country.

Highlighting the values of Hinduism, Adityanath said that “Our religion must be protected and the religion, in turn, would protect us. We must be alerted and unitedly fought against our adversaries. We must know who our enemies are."

He said that people must study why the present situation was created in Bangladesh and people should not underestimate the enemy. “Our government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes utmost care of all regions of India with all seriousness and  Modi ji's dream and vision is making an all-round development of all parts of India," he said.

"Congress accepted the partition of the country for its own selfish interests and the present  Pakistan is a "cancer of humanity and the world forces must come together to treat this in time," said Adityanath.

The Chief Minister said that the double-engine BJP government has continuously carried forward the campaign of "development and heritage" and during the past seven years, Tripura is now moving towards total progress. "Whether it is the construction of Lord Shri Ram's temple in Shri Ayodhya Dham or the work of beautification and restoration of Maa Tripura Sundari's temple in Tripura, all are living examples of it," he said.

Ayodhya, Mathura and Kashi are the three sacred places for the Hindus and these must be protected and developed and these sacred places will be the greatest spiritual places of Hindus, he said.

Saying that a conducive atmosphere is now prevailing in Tripura and like Uttar Pradesh, the double-engine government in Tripura is very proactive; and the all-round development and welfare of the people of the state is taking place at double speed. He also asked why not present public welfare activities done in the past.

Chief Minister Adityanath said that the RSS and VHP never did any publicity of their service, they silently provided their service to lakhs of people and hundreds of students from the Northeastern states have been studying in their schools in Uttar Pradesh and making their future bright.

Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Sachindra Nath Sinha, Lok Sabha MP Biplab Kumar Deb, BJP state president and Rajya Sabha MP Rajib Bhattacharjee, Tipra Motha supremo and former royal scion of Tripura Pradyot Kishore Debbarma, state cabinet minister, monks and religious leaders from different parts of the country were among others present during the event.

The Sidheswari Mandir was set up at Barkathal under Mohanpur subdivision in West Tripura district by Sri Sri Shantikali Seva Ashram, which has 25 Ashram across Tripura providing education to students, mostly tribals and campaigning for Hindu religion.