KCR to hold Mahatayaga at Yadadri

​Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Monday announced that a Mahatayaga spanning over 11 days to be known as “Sahasrastaka Kundayaga” (With 1008 Yaga Kundas) would be conducted at Yadadri temple once the ongoing renovation works are completed. 

A day after visiting the temple town Yadadri, where he inspected the works taken up to upgrade the temple as one of the biggest spiritual centres, KCR conducted a review with the officials here at Pragati Bhavan. 

He said that President, Prime Minister, Vice President, Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of different States, Governors and other dignitaries would be invited for the Mahatayaga.

The CM said that adequate budgetary provision will be made for the development of the temple and suggested the Yadadri Temple Development Authority officers that the renovation and reconstruction works of Yadadri temple should be carried out in such a way that it reflects the spirituality, the temple stone artistic grandeur, the importance of the temple as well as the greatness of the temple from time immemorial. 

The CM said that since the temple would continue to be there for ages every care should be taken in the construction inch by inch everywhere and it should be on an excellent scale. KCR instructed the team from the Authority should visit temples like Vellore, Tanjavur, Akshardham which are famous for modern architecture and spiritual excellence, to study the construction works there in detail.  

KCR also instructed that for organising Shivaratri festivities, the Tepostsavam, to perform vratas on a continuous basis, to offer the hair, and to perform special poojas by devotees of Mandala Dikshas, arrangements should be made on permanent basis. 

The CM said that instead of taking up construction activity one after the another it should be done parallelly and for every such activity proper planning should be done. 

The CM decided that on top of the hill where the main presiding deity Lord Laxmi Narsimha Swamy is situated in addition to the main temple there should be Gopuras, Prakaras, Mada veedhis, Shiva Temple, Hanuman Statue, EO office, VVIP Guest Houses known as Presidential Suite, Place for archakas, place for kitchen where the prasada is prepared, the prasada mandapam, rathashala, vratha mandapam, swamy pushkarini, Q complex, the steps way, the bus stop, the police out post, health centres etc.