Aviophobia? Divine help soon at Delhi airport

New Delhi: For those suffering from aviophobia, the fear of flying, divine help will be at hand soon with a grand temple with south Indian architecture coming up just outside the airport here.
The choice of deity, too, for this unique initiative by an airport developer is apt - the temple is dedicated to the Hindu monkey god Hanuman, also called Pavanaputra, the son of the wind god. It is coming up along the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway.
"We started constructing this temple in August last year. It will be open for public in two-three months," said Arun Arora, spokesperson for Delhi's
airport development firm, which has been promoted by GMR, a Hyderabad-based infrastructure company.
"But the temple is not being built inside the airport. It is a part of the commercial area in the airport's vicinity. It will be accessible to anyone," Arora said.
Airport officials said the airport complex has several more places of worship, including a mazar and a temple, that have been in existence for decades.
26/05/09 IANS/Times of India

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