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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Security stepped up at Bhojshala in MP ahead of first Friday after HC verdict

Dhar: More than 1,500 police personnel, supported by drones and CCTV surveillance, have been deployed around the Bhojshala in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district ahead of the first Friday since a high court ruling declared the site a Vagdevi temple, officials said on Thursday.

The Bhoj Utsav Samiti has called upon members of the Hindu community to assemble for a collective "akhand puja" at the 11th-century Bhojshala complex on Friday, claiming it would mark the first such occasion in 721 years.

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