By Admin 
Villagers on Monday welcomed the proposal to change the name of Mustafabad village in Lakhimpur Kheri district to ‘Kabir Dham’ and expressed hope that this will give impetus to new development works in the village. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made this announcement during a program organized in the village. This village is located in Gola tehsil under Tendua Gram Panchayat and is about 25 kilometers from Kheri district headquarters on Lakhimpur-Aliganj road.
This simple village came into limelight due to the Vishwa Kalyan Ashram established here years ago. This ashram works to propagate the teachings of Saint Kabir Das.
Ram Bilas, an 85-year-old resident of the village, justified the decision to change the name of the village and said, ‘It is because of the Ashram that important people started coming here, and now we hope that changing the name of the village will also bring development.’
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Another villager Vinod Kumar also reiterated the same point and said, ‘The name ‘Kabir Dham’ will give a new direction to the development of the village.’ Villagers Rampal and Ram Kishore, present during the Chief Minister’s address, said that despite the proximity of the ashram, the village has been neglected from development till now. He said that the Chief Minister has changed its name and brought it back to the Centre.
There is no Muslim population there…
District Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party and Gola Municipality President Vijay Shukla also welcomed this announcement. He said that the Ashram has given identity to Mustafabad village and with the change of name it has got its due respect. He said that ‘Kabir Dham’ will now attract attention for new development plans and projects.
Adityanath said on Monday that the state government will bring a proposal to change the name of Mustafabad village in Lakhimpur Kheri district to ‘Kabirdham’ and this change will restore the historical and cultural identity of the area associated with Saint Kabir.
Adityanath said he was surprised to know that the village was named Mustafabad even though there is no Muslim population there.