Devotee donates ₹7 crore to Kanipakam temple
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The well-known temple of Sri Varasiddi Vinayakaswamy at Kanipakam, 15 km from right here, on Saturday obtained a hefty donation of ₹7 crore from an nameless devotee. A giant donation to the temple is first of its type within the temple historical past up to now, officers mentioned.
Temple Executive Officer A. Venkatesh informed The Puucho that the identical devotee has promised to donate one other ₹1.75 crore quickly. He mentioned the donation could be used for the temple reconstruction mission.
“The outlay of the project is ₹8.75 crore. The core part of the temple along with the sanctum sanctorum will be reconstructed by widening, besides increasing the length of the structure. This is to facilitate the devotees to have a hassle-free darshan, apart from enjoying the opportunity to witness the prime rituals of abhishekam to the presiding deity, while moving along the queue line inside,” he mentioned.
The official mentioned the development could be taken up as per the prescribed norms of temple structure and adhering to the sastras, and the normal materials could be used for the development. “We are going to call for the tenders at the earliest,” the Executive Officer mentioned.
Meanwhile, the temple official mentioned that throughout the building interval, the devotees could be allowed to have darshan of the Lord within the “Bala Alayam” (a short lived construction) within the temple complicated. The growth plan included two extra entrances to the temple complicated, as the current construction has solely two.
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