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AP: Endowment Minister lays foundation stone for shopping complex

Nellore, June 7 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Minister for Endowment Aanam Ramanarayana Reddy laid the foundation stone for the construction of a shopping complex and dormitory on the premises of Ankamma Talli temple at Malakonda village in Kandukur constituency on Saturday.

Later, the Endowment Minister also laid the foundation stone for the construction of a shopping complex on the premises of APSRTC complex. The Minister also inaugurated the newly constructed guest house at the Sri Lakshminarasimha Swamy temple. Later he dedicated to the people the newly constructed Chundi-Kakarlapalem and Chinnammapalem-Gandhinagar roads.

Later the Endowment Minister worshipped Sri Lakshminarayana Swamy in the temple.
He was accompanied by Endowment commissioner Ramachandra Mohan and MLA Inturi Nageswara Rao.
Aanam Ramanarayana Reddy inspected the Annadana Prasadam at the temple, and he tasted the food. He interacted with the devotees and inquired about the taste of the food and the hygienic conditions being maintained on the temple premises.

Speaking on the occasion, Endowment Minister reiterated that the Government is committed to developing all the temples in the state, adding that the rush of devotees to the temples across the state increased by 30 percent.

“Many temples in the state have been renovated for Rs 500 crore, while Rs 10,000 is given to many temples under ‘Doopa Deepa Naivedyam’. The honorarium of temple priests has been enhanced to Rs 15,000. The law was amended, enabling the appointment of Brahmins and Nayee Brahimns in the temple government bodies,” the Endowment Minister highlighted.

The Endowment Minister assured of sanctioning an unemployment dole of Rs 3000 per month for three years to those who have studied the Vedas which would benefit 6,000 Vedas scholars. "The Annadana Prasadam has been started in 70 temples out of 148 temples in the 6-A category in the State, adding that this includes the Malakonda temple. Annadana Prasadam will be launched in other temples also soon," the Endowment Minister observed.

He also highlighted the government’s aim of dispensing with the interference of officials in performing the daily rituals and poojas in the temples. The Endowment Minister clarified that the tenants would not have the rights on the properties as they have only lease rights. The construction of a shopping complex on the premises of the Ankamma Thalli temple would help to increase the temple’s revenue, he noted.
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