Hyderabad:
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy selected Friday to rename the Yadadri temple Yadagiri temple, reversing the choice of his predecessor Ok. Chandrasekhar Rao.
On his birthday, the Chief Minister supplied prayers on the temple in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district and directed officers to alter the title from Yadadri to Yadagiri in all information.
The choice was taken at a gathering with officers to evaluate the event of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple, popularly often known as Yadagirigutta temple.
In style as Telangana’s Tirumala, the temple of the lion god is positioned on a hillock at Yadagirigutta, about 55 km from Hyderabad.
The temple was renovated by the earlier authorities of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) for Rs 1,800 crore.
Revanth Reddy requested the officers to represent the Yadagirigutta Temple Board to handle the affairs of the well-known temple.
He directed that the Yadagirigutta Temple Board be much like Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which runs the affairs of Sri Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh.
Revanth Reddy directed the officers to finish the pending works of the temple improvement. He additionally sought a report on pending works and different points.
The Chief Minister additionally advised to officers to carry a particular coverage for defense of cows at goshalas. He instructed officers that if obligatory, they need to use expertise for cow safety.
He additionally requested officers to make preparations for the devotees to sleep on the hillock earlier than providing prayers.
The CM additionally directed officers to expedite the gold plating of Vimana Gopuram. He stated the gold plating work ought to be accomplished by the Brahmotsavam.
The gold plating work was taken up as a part of the renovation and it requires 125 kilograms of gold.
The officers had been additionally directed to finish land acquisition for the temple improvement. The Chief Minister ordered officers to launch the funds required for the aim.
Ministers Konda Surekha, Uttam Kumar Reddy, Tummala Nageswara Rao, Ponnam Prabhakar, Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy, Authorities Advisors Vem Narender Reddy, Srinivasa Raju, MLAs, Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari, Yadadri Temple Growth Authority Chairman Kishan Reddy, district collector Hanumantha Rao and others had been current.
After taking on as the primary chief minister of Telangana in 2014, Ok. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) had renamed Yadagiri as Yadadri and proposed to develop the temple on the traces of Tirumala temple.
The formidable undertaking for renovation of the temple was taken up in 2016 at a price of Rs 1,800 crore.
In March 2022, KCR inaugurated the renovated temple. The sanctum sanctorum was reopened after a spot of six years.
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