TIRUPATI: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) board has taken several decisions including approving tenders towards completing the Sri Padmavathi Pediatric Hospital at Rs.154.50 Crore, reviving the Venkateswara Vaibhavotsavams among others. TTD Chairman YV Subba Reddy who chaired the Trust Board meeting held at Annamayya Bhavan in Tirumala on Monday briefed the
An inside view of the Yadadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple
HYDERABAD: If Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh is one of the most sacred pilgrimage centres in the country and the world, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao wants to make Yadadri one of the top spiritual sites of India. Touted as “Telangana’s Tirumala,” Yadadri temple, formerly Yadagirigutta, is getting a new and bigger complex with all amenities for pilgrims.
The 1,000-year-old Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple, which is getting a complete makeover on a 14-acre land on the hillock, is likely to be thrown open to pilgrims from June this year. Sources said the CM is set to visit the hill shrine in the third week of February and oversee the ongoing project, which is expected to cost around Rs 1,500 crore.