‘Paruveta mandapam’ demolition: BJP serves legal notice to TTD
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Paruveta mandapam’ demolition: BJP serves legal notice to TTD

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has issued a legal notice to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams over the dismantling of the ‘Paruveta mandapam’ at Tirumala in the name of renovation. Addressing the media here on Monday, BJP State spokesperson G. Bhanuprakash Reddy said the party had served legal notice on the TTD and sought an explanation from the TTD Executive Officer. The legal notice served by party leader and counsel K. Ajay Kumar also referred to the demolition of the 1000-pillar Mandapam twenty years back, without taking the opinion of the Department of Archeology and Museums. The party also contemplated filing a complaint through its State headquarters to the Union Ministry of Culture, seeking action on the demolition.

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