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Simhastha 2028: MP CM helps demolish his own ancestral Ujjain home in road-widening drive

Chief Minister Mohan Yadav took the first swing at his childhood home as Ujjain cleared structures to widen roads for the 2028 Simhastha on the Kṣiprā river.

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Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain
Representative image: Mahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain. Photo: Ashverse via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chief Minister Mohan Yadav took the first swing at his childhood home as Ujjain cleared structures to widen roads for the 2028 Simhastha on the Kṣiprā river.

Key data

272 structures razed. The wider plan includes about 29 km of new ghats along with diversion works and dams.

Why it matters

The scale of preparation points to a Prayagraj-size crowd, and displacement and compensation deserve scrutiny.

GK: did you know?

The Ujjain Kumbh is called Siṃhastha because it falls when Bṛhaspati is in Siṃha rāśi.

Read more at the source

Filed in the Sunday, 27 September 2026 edition. Source time 16:38 IST. Facts are drawn from the linked reports; claims are attributed to the people who made them.

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