Naidu lays stone for Amaravati temple development work

Amaravati: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that TTD Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at Venkatapalem of Amaravati will be further developed in two phases at a cost of Rs260 crore on the lines of Tirumala in two and half years.

He laid foundation for Mahaprakaram Chaturdwara Gopuram on Thursday.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that in the first phase Maha Prakaram around the temple, Maha rajagopuram, Arjita Seva mandapam, ratha Mandapam, Anjaneyaswamy temple, Pushkarini, and in second phase Mada street round the temple, approach roads, Annadana complex, rest houses for devotees, residential complex for archakas and staff, administrative buildings, Dhyana mandir and vehicle parking facilities will be developed. Stating that AP capital was named after Amaravati with the sankalpam of Sri Venkateswara Swamy, the Chief Minister said that he grew up in the vicinity of Lord Venkateswara in Tirupati. He appealed to devotees to come forward for development of temples.

Earlier, the Chief Minister offered prayers at Homa gundam and land foundation for temple development works. He went through the photo exhibition of temple development plans and enquired the officials about each and every development project. He interacted with both the officials and archakas of TTD at the venue.

Later in a review meeting conducted at Secretariat on Endowments department and TTD, the Chief Minister said that priority should be given to honour the sentiments of devotees and development works should be taken up with their consent.

He said the best practices being adopted in TTD should be followed in all the temples in the state.