Karnal, May 24 -- Haryana chief minister (CM) Nayab Singh Saini on Friday said a government institution in the state will be named in honour of Maharishi Kashyap and also announced Rs.21 lakh each for the expansion of Kashyap Rajput Dharamshalas located at the pilgrimage sites of Kurukshetra and Kapal Mochan in Yamunanagar.

Saini was addressing a gathering at the state-level celebration of Maharishi Kashyap Jayanti, organised under the 'Sant-Mahapurush Vichar Samman and Prasar Yojana' in Kurukshetra's Ladwa.

He also declared that a plot will be allotted for the construction of a Kashyap Rajput Dharamshala in Ladwa, Kurukshetra or Indri, subject to a feasibility assessment.

CM Saini said that all other demands of the community would be ...