Pune, March 16 -- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was honoured with the first "Sant Tukaram Maharaj Award" on the occasion of Sant Tukaram Maharaj 375th Beej Pilgrimage in Pune's Dehu on Sunday.

"I am very happy today and feeling lucky that I have been chosen for this award by the Temple trust ...I thanked them from the bottom of my heart ...this award not only belongs to me but also for all of them who love me and my work. After getting this award my responsibilities have increased. I am so lucky that the land where Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Sant Tukaram Maharaj had met, the same place I am getting this award," Shinde said after receiving the award.

The award was presented by the Sant Tukaram Maharaj Temple trust o...