Hyderabad:  Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced on Tuesday that Sri Laxmi Narasimha Swamy temple will open to devotees on March 28^th, 2022 after renovating the Yadadri Temple.

CM KCR said those eight days before reopening of the temple, Sudarshana Yagam with 1,000 Ritwiks will be performed under the supervision of Chinna Jeeyar Swamy. Chinna Jeeyar Swamy personally handed over the hand-written muhurat letter to the temple’s executive officer, Geeta, and asked her to place the letter at the lotus feet of the deity. The Chief Minister has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries for the reopening of the temple.

The spectacular Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple on the picturesque hills of Yadagirigutta will be inaugurated on March 28, 2022 with the conduct of ‘Maha Kumbha Samprokshana'.#Yadadri pic.twitter.com/w9tHeZOYHh

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He visited Yadadri Temple on Tuesday and observed the renovated works which came to conclusion. Later he announced that Yadadri Temple will need 125 Kgs of Gold for the gold plating of Vimana Gopuram on the lines of the TTD in AP. The required gold will be purchased from RBI, he said.

And also he donated 1 kg and 16 tolas of gold on behalf of his family for the renovated Yadadri temple. KCR examined the re-construction works, the main temple and the sanctum sanctorum. He took had aerial visit of the area to see the development works around the temple.

TRS Minister, an MP, MLAs and leaders also announced to donate 14 kg gold to Yadadri Temple. KCR said that from villages to cities, the entire Telangana society will be involved to reach the target of 125 kg gold. He revealed that many donors have come forward with the promise of donating gold. Labour Minister Malla Reddy will donate 1 kg gold to the temple on his personal capacity and another 1 kg from the people of his constituency in Medchal.

Nagar Kurnool MLA Marri Janardhan Reddy will donate 2 kg gold, while Bhaskar Rao will give 1 kg gold on behalf of Kaveri Seeds. Seer Chinna Jeyer Swamy, who finalised the ‘muhurat’ for the temple reopening, has committed 1 kg gold for the temple from his ‘Peetham’. MP Ranjith Reddy, MLCs K. Naveen Kumar, Shambhipur Raju, MLAs A. Gandhi, M. Hanumantha Rao, M. Krishna Rao and K.P. Vivek Anand all from Medchal and Ranga Reddy districts have come forward to donate 6 kg gold.

Endowments Minister A. Indrakaran Reddy, Vedic scholars and Archakas accorded him welcome with all temple honours. The Archakas performed a special puja at the Balalayam and gave ‘prasada’ to the CM and blessed him with Vedic hymns. KCR also discussed with the officials about the construction of Gandi Cheruvu, Pushkarini, Kalyana Katta, Deekshaparula Mandapam, and Satyanarayana Vrata Mandapam etc. He shared with his cabinet colleagues as to how the reservoirs were specially made.

KCR examined the queue lines adorned with Sanku Chakra symbols, which were especially made from Indore and the gold covering of the main entrance to the sanctum sanctorum. He inspected the Narsimha Swamy Kalyana episode drawn in Tanjore style of painting. Temple architect Ananda Sai explained to the CM the progress of works.