Rs 6 lakh crore temple economy drives india's growth: Andhra Chief Minister
1 month, 1 week ago

Rs 6 lakh crore temple economy drives india's growth: Andhra Chief Minister

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu underscored the significance of India’s temple economy, valuing it at Rs 6 lakh crore and calling it the country’s largest economic activity. “With India’s temple economy valued around Rs 6 lakh crore, I can say that compared to any other economic activity, this is the biggest. Shifting focus to India’s economic trajectory, Naidu lauded Modi as “the right leader for India at the right time,” predicting that the country would become the world’s third-largest economy by 2029 and could claim the top spot by 2047. The event saw the participation of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, highlighting the national relevance of temple-driven economic initiatives.

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Ayodhya: Ram Janmabhoomi Trust has paid ₹396 crores in taxes to government
1 week, 3 days ago

Ayodhya: Ram Janmabhoomi Trust has paid ₹396 crores in taxes to government

Op India  

On 16th March Mahant Nritya Gopal Das Maharaj presided over a pivotal meeting of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust at Mani Ram Das Chhawni in Ayodhya. After its formation on 5th February 2020, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has utilized a total of ₹2,150 crore over the last five years on the ongoing construction of Ram …

Budget lays foundation for Andhra’s growth: CM Chandrababu Naidu
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Budget lays foundation for Andhra’s growth: CM Chandrababu Naidu

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said the 2025-26 Budget lays the foundation for rebuilding Andhra Pradesh, asserting that his government remains committed to welfare, development, and good governance. The Chief Minister said Rs 2,000 crore has been allocated under the Viability Gap Fund to boost major infrastructure projects through public-private partnerships. Additionally, 74 out of 93 centrally Naidu said …

Mahakumbh set to generate over Rs 3 lakh crore in trade thanks to higher-than-expected footfall
1 month, 1 week ago

Mahakumbh set to generate over Rs 3 lakh crore in trade thanks to higher-than-expected footfall

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: The world’s largest spiritual congregation, Mahakumbh-2025, has not only reinforced the country’s rich cultural heritage but also proved economically fruitful. According to the Confederation of All India Traders, the ongoing Mahakumbh is projected to generate over Rs 3 lakh crore in trade, making it one of India’s biggest economic events so far. He stated that the unprecedented scale of …

Second Edition Of ITCX 2025 In Tirupati Highlights
1 month, 1 week ago

Second Edition Of ITCX 2025 In Tirupati Highlights

Deccan Chronicle  

At the start of his speech, he appreciated the efforts of ITCX and Temple Connect to bring different generations of the followers of Sanata K. Annamalai stresses the need for temple autonomy and the abolition of the HR & CE Act, highlighting temples as economic powerhouses for Bharat's growth at ITCX 2025 in Tirupati.na Dharma together. Temple Connect program last …

Annamalai vows to abolish HR&CE in Tamil Nadu when NDA comes to power
1 month, 1 week ago

Annamalai vows to abolish HR&CE in Tamil Nadu when NDA comes to power

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tamil Nadu president K. Annamalai has reiterated the party’s resolve to free Hindu temples from government control by abolishing governing bodies like the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, once the NDA comes to power in Tamil Nadu. The key denominator connecting all temples is the temple economy, Mr. Annamalai said, projecting the market cap valuation …

TDP’s Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu lauds allocations for Andhra Pradesh in Union Budget 2025-26
1 month, 2 weeks ago

TDP’s Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu lauds allocations for Andhra Pradesh in Union Budget 2025-26

The Hindu  

Telugu Desam Party Floor Leader in Lok Sabha Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu in his speech on the Union Budget 2025-26 praised the government for maintaining an uninterrupted parliamentary session while highlighting key allocations for Andhra Pradesh. Expressing gratitude to the Union Finance Minister in his address to the Lok Sabha on Monday, Mr. Devarayalu welcomed the significant financial outlays for …

AP aims at $2.4 trillion economy: CM
2 months, 1 week ago

AP aims at $2.4 trillion economy: CM

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has stressed the importance of tackling economic inequalities, and committed himself to raise the financial status of the poor across Andhra Pradesh. He stated on Thursday, “We aim for a $2.4 trillion economy and a per capita income of $42,000 by 2047; we are committed to building a prosperous and inclusive Andhra Pradesh, focusing …

Telangana 5th Largest Contributor to Indian Economy
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana 5th Largest Contributor to Indian Economy

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Telangana has slipped one place and is now the seventh largest contributor to the country’s economy for 2023-24 according to the Reserve Bank of India’s ‘Handbook of Statistics on Indian States’ released on Monday. The net state domestic product for Telangana rose to Rs 13.61 lakh crore from Rs 11.87 lakh crore in 2022-23, a growth of 15 per …

Andhra Pradesh CM announces only Hindus would be employed in state temples, increases wages for temple Archakas
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh CM announces only Hindus would be employed in state temples, increases wages for temple Archakas

Op India  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu made a bold announcement to protect Hindu jobs within temples in the state, guaranteeing that temple positions are solely for members of the Sanatana faith. At an important meeting with the Hindu Religious Endowment Department, the Andhra CM said that only Hindus would be employed in the temples in the state. CM Naidu …

Balkampet Yellamma temple gets Centre help
1 year ago

Balkampet Yellamma temple gets Centre help

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually dedicated 52 tourism projects in different states, coming up at a cost of Rs 1,400 crore, and also laid the foundation stone for augmentation of pilgrim facilities at the 15th century Balkampet Yellamma temple in Hyderabad under the National Mission on pilgrimage rejuvenation and spiritual heritage augmentation drive scheme. Giving details about …

Opinion Poll: Will Ram Mandir play an important role in rapidly growing the economy of Uttar Pradesh?
1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion Poll: Will Ram Mandir play an important role in rapidly growing the economy of Uttar Pradesh?

India TV News  

The new Ram Lalla idol was consecrated at the Ayodhya temple on Monday, an event led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and watched by lakhs of people on television at their homes and in temples across the country. Army helicopters showered flower petals on the newly constructed Janmabhoomi temple as the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony took place — a seminal occasion …

‘Ayodhya to play vital role in making U.P. trillion-dollar economy’
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Ayodhya to play vital role in making U.P. trillion-dollar economy’

Hindustan Times  

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday said devotees in large numbers are thronging the Ram temple following its inauguration and it has led to projections suggesting that Ayodhya is going to witness a huge influx of visitors and will play a vital role in making the state a one-trillion dollar economy. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has set the target of …

Less income temples to be given to priests, trustees: Dy CM Kottu Satyanarayana
1 year, 7 months ago

Less income temples to be given to priests, trustees: Dy CM Kottu Satyanarayana

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Deputy Chief Minister Kottu Satyanarayana said efforts are on to hand over temples, whose income is less than ₹5 lakh, to founder trustees or priests for maintenance. CM said they have identified 23,600 temples with income less than ₹5 lakh. CM said that they are collecting information pertaining to the properties of choultries, mutts, temples, commercial sites and assets …

Temple cash: Notice to TS
1 year, 7 months ago

Temple cash: Notice to TS

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the principal secretary and endowment commissioner in a petition challenging the inaction of the authorities in exempting temples, whose annual income was less than Rs five lakh from the purview of the Telangana Charitable Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987. Nagilla Srinivas of Akhila Bharata Hindu Mahasabha and two …

Temple welfare BRS' weapon against BJP
1 year, 11 months ago

Temple welfare BRS' weapon against BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The BRS, led by party president and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, is preparing the party's ammunition for the upcoming Assembly elections to blunt the BJP's Hindutva politics by highlighting the amount of funds spent in the last nine years of its rule, particularly on temples and priests' welfare. According to the data, Rs 1,200 crore was spent on …

Andhra Pradesh government announces to build around 3,000 temples aiming to protect 'Hindu faith'
2 years ago

Andhra Pradesh government announces to build around 3,000 temples aiming to protect 'Hindu faith'

India TV News  

Andhra Pradesh: The Andhra Pradesh government has announced to build of around 3000 temples in the state aiming to protect Hindu Faith. “To protect and propagate the Hindu faith on a massive scale, construction of Hindu temples in the localities of weaker sections has been initiated,” said Satyanaraya, who is also the Endowments Minister said in a release on Tuesday. …

[AP Endowments Act] Consider Granting Exemption To Temples Having Less Than Rs. 5 Lakhs Annual Income: AP High Court To State
2 years, 10 months ago

[AP Endowments Act] Consider Granting Exemption To Temples Having Less Than Rs. 5 Lakhs Annual Income: AP High Court To State

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the State government to consider the grant of exemption to temples having an annual income of less than Rs.5 lakhs from the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987 including the requirement to pay the mandatory contributions.The Bench of Justice R. Raghunandan Rao issued this order. …

Ram Temple construction crowd-funding drive collects over Rs 2,500 crore
4 years ago

Ram Temple construction crowd-funding drive collects over Rs 2,500 crore

India TV News  

A donation of 25,000 million has been collected for Ram Temple construction in Ayodhya, as per banks' receipts till March 4 in crows funding drive, Vishva Hindu Parishad has informed. "Based on banks' receipts till February 4, 25,000 million has been collected during donation drive for the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya," VHP said. Prior to the crowdfunding campaign …

Odisha govt sanctions Rs 23cr for development of shrines
5 years, 1 month ago

Odisha govt sanctions Rs 23cr for development of shrines

India TV News  

After announcing a special package for Lord Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sanctioned Rs 23 crore for development of many other shrines across the state, an official said. The government has approved Rs 1 crore each for development of ten temples, five churches, six mosques, one gurudwara and one Punjabi mutt, according to a statement, …

Tirupati Lord Venkateswara earns Rs 3.18 crore per day
5 years, 1 month ago

Tirupati Lord Venkateswara earns Rs 3.18 crore per day

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: The Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala is the richest Hindu temple in India in terms of revenue generated, grossing Rs 368.38 per second in form of devotee offerings to the Srivari hundi last year. According to statements released by Anil Kumar Singhal, executive officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devast-hanam, earlier this month, offerings by devotees from January to December in 2019 …

Chandrababu Naidu promises Rs 2 lakh per year to every family in Andhra Pradesh in 2019 election manifesto: Reports
5 years, 11 months ago

Chandrababu Naidu promises Rs 2 lakh per year to every family in Andhra Pradesh in 2019 election manifesto: Reports

Op India  

If the Congress party promising Rs 72,000 to 5 crore families was not enough, now the Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Pradesh has announced a dole of Rs 2 lakh to each family every year. Releasing the party manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, TDP president and AP chief minister Chandrababu Naidu said that while Congress is promising Rs 72,000 …

Income down, not devotees, says TDB president A. Padmakumar
6 years, 3 months ago

Income down, not devotees, says TDB president A. Padmakumar

Deccan Chronicle  

Kochi: The violence and agitation over the entry of young women in Sabarimala temple have not reduced the number of devotees visiting the temple in the first 40 days of the ongoing Mandala season even as the income has fallen by Rs 55 crore. Travancore Devaswom Board president A. Padmakumar told reporters at Pampa on Wednesday, a day before the …

Vijayawada temple receives Rs 1.05 crores in banned currency notes in a month
8 years, 4 months ago

Vijayawada temple receives Rs 1.05 crores in banned currency notes in a month

Hindustan Times  

A Hanuman temple in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada received a whopping Rs 1.05 crore in the past one month after the government scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes. Temple priests at Sanatan Dharm Temple in sector 19 in Noida were seen checking Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes in the donation box of the temple. The authorities of the …

Telangana: Repair funds ignore famous temples
8 years, 8 months ago

Telangana: Repair funds ignore famous temples

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The endowment department, which had promised to develop all 38 major temples along banks of the Krishna in Mahbubnagar district in time for the upcoming Krishna Pushkarams, has sanctioned funds for only 22 temples. The district administration had sought Rs 417 crore for the construction of ghats, repair and beautification of the existing 38 temples and 19 other temples …

Is cash-strapped Andhra Pradesh eyeing Tirumala’s surplus funds?
8 years, 8 months ago

Is cash-strapped Andhra Pradesh eyeing Tirumala’s surplus funds?

Firstpost  

TDP leaders though argue that there is nothing wrong in using TTD funds for public welfare activities like developing urban and rural infrastructure for education, healthcare and toilets. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu caused some consternation amongst God-fearing bureaucrats in May 2016 at a Collectors’ Conference in Vijayawada, when he said that “temple funds could be utilised in the …

Bhakti flying high as income surges in temples
9 years ago

Bhakti flying high as income surges in temples

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Major temples across Telangana state have seen a sudden surge in cash offerings, ahead of the final hundi count for the 2015-16 financial year that will be taken up after March 31. “We are sure to cross Rs 80 crore this financial year,” Yadadri temple executive officer Geetha told this newspaper. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had earmarked Rs100 …

Ayodhya: Ram Lalla temple contributes Rs 300 crore to UP govt coffers
10 years, 2 months ago

Ayodhya: Ram Lalla temple contributes Rs 300 crore to UP govt coffers

India TV News  

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh government has earned a gigantic amount of Rs 300 crore from the devotees who visit Ayodhya to worship the idol of Ram Lalla kept at the disputed spot in 1992. "Every day thousands of devotees throng the place for 'darshan' and 'pooja' of the Ram Lalla, but the government has not provided basic minimum facilities to …

Telangana lagging behind in temple tourism
10 years, 10 months ago

Telangana lagging behind in temple tourism

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: It seems that after bifurcation, each of the new states will need to form its own commissionerates and departments. Temple tourism spots include Tirupati, Vijayawada, Srisailam, Sri Kalahasti, Annavaram, among a host of others that have a regular inflow of pilgrims all through the year. But, we have signed a formal memorandum of understanding with all the districts and …

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