CJI N V Ramana Visits Yadadri Temple
Chief Justice of India N V Ramana and his family today visited the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha temple in the Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district.
Hyderabad | 15th June 2021
Chief Justice of India N V Ramana, who is currently in Telangana, today visited the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha temple in the Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri district along with his family to pay his respects to the presiding deity and to observe the ongoing development and modernisation works of the temple.
Telangana Endowment Minister A Indrakaran Reddy, Energy Minister G Jagadish Reddy and the temple archakas and officials offered a grand welcome to Ramana and his family. The visitors then performed special pujas after which the archakas offered their blessings to the CJI.
He received prasadam and a shawl from the ministers.
Ramana also visited the sprawling temple premises and interacted with temple officials who informed him that the holy site was being developed at par with the Tirumala temple.
Meanwhile, the Yadadri redevelopment project, which was started in October 2016 at an estimated cost of Rs 1,200 crore, is in full swing. So far, Rs 850 crore has been spent on the works. The TRS regime has been heavily invested in the project, and has expressed its desire to turn the hill shrine into a "world-class religious site". It has been monitoring the progress of the redevelopment works regularly.
Once the construction is finished, the temple premises, which have now been expanded to cover 3.5 acres, will house a presidential suite, 13 VVIP villas and a host of amenities for devotees.
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