Since his first visit to the Sri Lakshminarasimha Swamy temple, Yadagirigutta on October 17 in the district, Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao said he was committed to developing the temple on a par with the temple of Lord Balaji on Tirumala.
He ensured grants of Rs 100 crore in the two budgets presented in the past year and promised to make similar allocations in future too, to improve pilgrim amenities in Yadagirigutta. Also, the State government had decided to take the help of some corporate companies since the project aimed at having facilities to accommodate 40,000 pilgrims a day was estimated at Rs. 5,000 crore. Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao will lay foundation stone on the hill shrine for redesigning the temple structure and for other development works down the hill on Saturday. Except the sanctum sanctorum and Anjaneya Swamy temple, every construction will be demolished on the hill. According to designs by Art Director Ananda Sai, Endowment department Sthapathi Sundarajan and retired Sthapathi Valinayagam, the temple will be reconstructed in granite on six and a half acres of land on the 14-acre spread.
Constructions inside the boundary wall include Yagasala, Pravachana Mantapam, Ramanuja Kutam, and Nithya Kalayana Mantapam. Apart from increasing the height of Vimana Gopuram and its gold-plating, Mada streets, Pushkarani, Brahmotsava Kalayana Mantapam, a shopping complex will come up. Down the hill, the Yadagirigutta Temple Development Authority will develop a deer park on in 200 acres land, Vedic School, Dormitory and garden in a huge extent of area. Since there would be nine hills around Yadagirigutta, the Chief Minister has suggested to name naming each and every hill with a name to develop religious centres. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chinna Jeeyar Swamy will also visit Yadagirigutta on Saturday.
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