Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced that Mustafabad in the Lakhimpur Kheri district would be renamed Kabirdham, sharing the name with an ashram in the same village.
“I came to know about Mustafabad when I arrived here. I am told that there is no Muslim population here. This village should be known as Kabirdham. I have sought a proposal (from the local authorities),” the CM said while addressing a gathering at the Smriti Mahotsav Mela 2025.
“We follow true nationalism, which was absent before 2014. The Hindu faith was under attack before. But we established the honor of Ayodhya and Kashi,” he said.
The chief minister highlighted that the Bharatiya Janata Party is committed to developing and beautifying places of faith across the state, and public funds are directed towards cultural and religious projects.
“We have said every pilgrimage site should be beautified. Facilities for devotees such as rest houses and shelters should be built, and through the tourism and culture departments, we are reviving every major site of faith—be it Kashi, Ayodhya, Kushinagar, Naimisharanya, Mathura-Vrindavan, Barsana, Gokul, or Govardhan,” he said.
“Earlier, this money used to go for constructing boundary walls of ‘kabristan’ (graveyards). Now it is being used to develop our centers of faith and heritage,” he added.
“This is the spirit of belongingness, a revival of our civilizational identity. The government will continue to work towards restoring the glory of sites that reflect India’s spiritual and cultural roots,” the CM added.
