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 …
KAKINADA: Thursday being the auspicious Tholi Ekadasi, devotees thronged temples, making offerings, performing pujas and seeking blessings from Lord Mahavishnu. Thousands of devotees visited Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Murthy Temple at Annavaram of Kakinada district. All Venkateswara Swamy temples witnessed crowds of devotees, whether at Dwaraka Tirumala in Eluru district, Tirupathi in Peddapuram mandal of Kakinada district, Mamidikuduru and Vadapalli …
Endowments Minister Kottu Satyanarayana has said that the State government was committed to protecting the temple’ properties. Addressing the media here on Tuesday, Mr. Satyanarayana, who is also Deputy Chief Minister, said that there were many cases pending in the courts and judgments were being pronounced in favour of private people. Mr. Satyanarayana said that the previous government used to …
