Varanasi, July 29 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday announced that Bhadohi district will be renamed as Sant Ravidas Nagar.

In Varanasi, the Chief Minister, while addressing a public meeting, said, "The Samajwadi Party had committed the sin of even removing the name of the district established in the name of Sant Guru Ravidas Ji Maharaj. Now, Bhadohi will once again be known as Sant Ravidas Nagar."

Bhadohi is a city and district in Uttar Pradesh, India, famous globally as the Carpet City for housing South Asia's largest hand-knotted carpet-weaving industry hub. Also known as Sant Ravidas Nagar, it sits in the Ganga River plains between Varanasi (45 km east) and Prayagraj.

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