“It seems that God has chosen me” for this task, said Modi, who represents the city in India’s Parliament. Few things exemplify Modi’s ambitions for this nation of more than 1.3 billion people better than the temple corridor initiative. A laborer demolishes a residential building to make way for the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Corridor in Varanasi. “Modi believes himself a god.”The Vishwanath corridor project in Varanasi is transforming the heart of India’s holiest city. Meanwhile, with the temple corridor project, Modi is harming the “living heritage” of Varanasi, Mishra said, a city known for its twisting lanes leading down to the wide sweep of the Ganges.

Source: Washington Post May 25, 2019 16:18 UTC