KCR, Governor Inaugurate Temple, Church, Mosque In Secretariat

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan jointly inaugurated the temple, church and mosque on the premises of the State Secretariat today.

The Chief Minister along with the Governor first took part in a special puja, Poornahuthi, and other rituals at the temple. They offered prayers to the goddess Nalla Pochamma.

Later, they participated in the inauguration of the church on the same premises, taking part in prayers there and cutting the cake.

The CM and Governor then entered the mosque and took part in the prayers. Home Minister Mahmood Ali, AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM floor leader in the Telangana Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi and some religious leaders were present.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that the State government had set an example of communal harmony by building a temple, church and mosque on the premises of the Secretariat, and that it was working continuously to maintain communal harmony and peace in the State.

Ministers Prashanth Reddy, Jagadish Reddy and Malla Reddy, Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari, DGP Anjani Kumar, other elected representatives and officials were also present.