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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Staff Reporter

Rainfall exposes chinks in Yadadri temple

People trying to push a bus stuck on the damaged Yadadri road following heavy rains in Nalgonda district on Wednesday. (Source: PTI)

‘World-class spiritual destination’, ‘Telangana’s Tirumala’, ‘dream project of CM KCR’ were some of the epithets used to describe Yadadri Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, but all that fell flat following a two-hour sudden and heavy downpour last week.

The 83.5 mm rainfall recorded in Yadagirigutta on Wednesday, as per official figures, exposed the fragile conditions at the temple, the infrastructure built around it, and to a greater extent, triggered anger of locals and devotees alike.

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