Central Aid to Develop Infra at Ramappa Temple Circuit
WARANGAL: With the Centre sanctioning Rs 73.74 crore under the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) scheme for the development of the Ramappa region sustainable temple and tourism circuit, the Kakatiya architectural marvels will get a facelift in Mulugu and Jayashankar Bhupalpally districts. While the Ramappa temple is on the global map as a Unesco world heritage site, the story of the Kota Gulla temple is one of local involvement at keeping thins going.
They took up developmental works with the help of philanthropists at Kota Gullu and planted fruit and flower plants along with a Goshala. The temple slowly witnessed rush of devotees from surroundings villages, he added.
In the works
At the Ramappa temple — Kakatiya Rudreshwara Swamy —circuit, a Unesco world heritage site, the Centre aims to develop infrastructure and provide more facilities at the Ramappa island, Ganapeshwaralayam Kota Gullu temple, Ganapa Samudram lake front and Incherla village.
Ramappa and Kota Gullu temples to get sculpture garden, children’s park, ceiling to the mandapam, seating benches, toilets and drinking water facilities, landscaping.
The Ramappa island will get a theme plaza, butterfly garden, play area, trekking, photography point, washrooms and boating.
Incherla, the tribal village, will get a gaming complex, information centre, tourist plaza, exhibition hall, handicrafts stalls, traditional houses and huts, festival ground, ampitheatre, green rooms and eco-botanical gardens along with nurseries.
At Ganapa Samudram lake, the plan is to provide lakeview resorts and cottages, restaurants, washrooms, children play park and boating facility, along with a security entrance gate, parking place, cement concrete roads