Temple committee refutes rumours about priest's death inside sanctum

Refuting rumours that the chief priest of the historic and ancient Bhimavaram’s Umasomeswara Swamy timeple, one of the five holy pancharamams, had died in the sanctum sanctorum, temple committee chairperson Vegesna Rangaraju said that the temple priest Kandukuri Rama Rao had died outside the temple.

Rao died on June 11 and before that he fell down twice. On both occasions, his son helped him and when he fell down for the second time, he was taken out. His brother Sombabu had even given him some water, which Rao had even drank, Ranga Raju said that e died while bein rushed to the hospital. He said that some people, who were bent on creating confusion and mischief, have leaked the footage to the media. The footage is now viral on the social media.

He said that Rama Rao was alive while he has kept on the front yard of the temple. His movements were recorded in the CCTV. He said the footage that shows Rao was alive after he was brought to the temple’s front yard, would be shown to anyone interested. Temple EO Keshav Kumar too had said that there was a conspiracy by some interested persons to malign the temple.