Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao inaugurated the expanded and renovated Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple here on Monday. He was accompanied by his cabinet colleagues at the inaugural. The temple was taken up for redevelopment over five years ago, while keeping the swayambhu (self-manifested) deity untouched in the cave, and shifting the proxies to the ‘Balalayam’ for daily rituals .
The main temple and its components are built completely in Krishna Sila, a type of stone procured from Gurijepalli quarry in Andhra Pradesh, at a total cost of ₹ 248 crore. Works for gold-plating of the Vimana gopuram, a recent plan, are in the initial stages now.
Yadadri temple re-dedication, as announced by the Chief Minister earlier could not be conducted with the seven-day Maha Sudarshana Yagam — a large-scale event that was to witness thousands of priests, tens of Vaishnava monastic heads, among other national and International leaders — for various reasons.
