Maharashtra govt approves renaming Pune airport to Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj Airport

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Pune airport to Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj Airport. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting and the proposal will be sent to the Centre.

Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Cooperation, Murlidhar Mohol, while announcing the decision said, Jagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj was born in Lohgaon, where Pune International Airport is located. Not only this, Tukaram Maharaj spent his childhood in Lohgaon, so Lohgaon and Tukobarai have a close relationship, he wrote in a post on X.
«Therefore, we have submitted this proposal to the state government along with the wishes of the villagers and all the warkari community in Maharashtra. Moreover, Tukobaraya contributed greatly to the propagation of Bhagwat Dharma through Varkari Sampradaya and gave a new thought to the society, which is relevant even today. Therefore, giving Tukobaraya's name to the International Insurance Association of Pune is a very joint feeling.»

«Now this proposal approved by the state government will go to the central government and the central cabinet will soon take a decision in this regard and follow up on the matter. I believe this process will be completed soon,» he further wrote.

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