India, Feb. 12 -- Members of the Sadguru Santvarya Yogiraj Shankar Maharaj Samadhi Trust have raised objections to the planned underground extension of Maharashtra Metrorail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) line-1 from Swargate to Katraj, demanding that the track be routed away from the temple, and the monastery.

Satish Kokate, secretary of the Trust, said, "Maha-Metro engineers presented route maps to trustees and devotees on February 4. However, these maps do not clearly indicate the track's exact distance from the Samadhi. We have requested Maha-Metro to mark the route with a white line for clarity."

Sadguru Shankar Maharaj attained Samadhi on April 28, 1947, and a Hemadpanthi-style stone sanctum was later built around his tomb. The ...