The 48-ft tall Vimanagopuram, which is a five-storied tower located atop the sanctum sanctorum of the temple would become the tallest gold-coated temple tower in the country.
Bhongir: The Maha Kumbha Samprokshana Ustavams would be conducted at the Sri Lakshminarsimha Swamy temple at Yadagirigutta from February 19 to 23 on the occasion of launching of the gold-plated Vimanagopuram.
The main ritual will be performed at the gold-plated Vimanagopuram on February 23 with water brought from different rivers in the country.
Executive officer of the temple N. Bhaskar Rao said the temple is likely to witness a huge rush of devotees, including VIPs during the auspicious event. Arrangements would be made on the hill shrine to avoid inconvenience to devotees during the utsavam.
Gold-plating of the Vimanagopuram for which 127 kilograms of gold were used will complete by February 15. Chennai-based MS Smart Creations is executing the work. The company took the sample designs on copper plates and prepared gold plates similar to them at Chennai and began fixing them to the Vimanagopuram on November 21, 2024.
The temple authorities worked with a target to complete gold plating by the annual Brahmostavam in February, 2025 and more than 95 per cent of the work is completed now. Vimanagopuram would soon shine with gold.
The 48-ft tall Vimanagopuram, which is a five-storied tower located atop the sanctum sanctorum of the temple would become the tallest gold-coated temple tower in the country.
Gold plated door was already fixed to the garbhagriha of the temple. A golden chariot was also used for Rathosthavam during the last annual Brahmostavam.
2 Maoists surrender before police
Two members of the banned CPI (Maoist) on Saturday surrendered before superintendent of police B. Rohit Raju at Kothegudem here.
Andhra Odisha Border (AOB) Special Zone Committee member Madivi Unga alias Jogaiah, 26, and dalam member Madakam Sukki alias Roshini, 23, surrendered before police due to differences with the party leaders. Madivi Unga was carrying Rs 4 lakh reward on his head.
Rohit Raju said both the Maoists surrendered before police as they opposed the decisions of their party leaders that went against the interests of adivasis.
Narendar Reddy Cong.’s Graduates MLC candidate
The Congress officially announced the name of Vootkuri Narendar Reddy, the chairman of Alphores Educational Institutions as its candidate for the Karimnagar, Medak Nizamabad and Adilabad Graduates MLC seat.
The announcement was made by the AICC general secretary K. V. Venugopal confirming that AICC president Mallikarjuna Kharge has approved Narendar Reddy’s candidacy.
Despite the absence of party symbols in the MLC elections, candidates will contest with the support of political parties. Along with Narendar Reddy, other prominent leaders of the party from Karimnagar like Velichala Rajendar Rao and Prasanna Harikrishna also competed for a ticket.
The TPCC (Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee) had initially sent the name of sitting MLC T. Jeevan Reddy for the MLC seat. However, Jeevan Reddy conveyed to the AICC that he would not be contesting making the path clear for Narendar Reddy.
The AICC considered several candidates based on ground-level feedback and consulting with the party’s MLAs, MPs and in-charges of 42 Assembly constituencies in the region. After much deliberation, the AICC finalised on Narendar Reddy’s name.
A total of 3.47 lakh voters have registered themselves so far with more than half of these coming from the erstwhile Karimnagar district. Given the strong voter base in the district, the party believes that fielding a local candidate would significantly increase its chances of victory.
Apart from that Narendar Reddy enrolled the highest number of votes from graduates in the Graduates MLC constituency. Moreover, at various meetings, Narendar Reddy shared the stage with prominent Congress leaders, further solidifying his position.
Following his nomination, Narendar Reddy thanked several leaders of the party including top AICC leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, PCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud, Karimnagar district in-charge minister Uttal Kumar Reddy, ministers Duddilla Sridhar Babu and Ponnam Prabhakar.
