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Right-wing activists oppose move to shift 250-year-old temple in Agra

AGRA: A section of Hindu activists on Thursday created a ruckus as the ten-day notice period of Indian Railways for shifting a 250-year-old Chamunda Devi temple from the platform of Raja Ki Mandi railway station in Agra is set to expire on Saturday.

In the notice issued on April 20 to the temple’s priest, as part of their bid to remove illegal encroachments on railway lands, the railway authorities had stressed that the temple structure was causing inconvenience to passengers as well as safety of train operations.

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