HYDERABAD: Officials of the Venkateshwara Swamy Temple in Thumkunta of Shamirpet alleged encroachment of temple land by a group of locals seeking to construct a Mallanna temple, in breach of the law and the ‘agama sampradayam ’. Recently, minister Ch Malla Reddy visited the temple and tried to convince the priest’s family to allow the construction of the Mallanna temple. …