Gone are the days when the Yadagirigutta temple authority would hire local auto rickshaws to transport milk, coconuts, flowers and daily puja material for the deity on the hillock.
Auto-rickshaw drivers now, since the day the renovated temple was inaugurated on March 28, are prohibited from plying devotees to the hill shrine, or carrying the deity’s requirements. Those who had been locals, owned the place for decades and earned their livelihood are facing the iron fist policy of the temple.
