Mother of irony moment! Andhra govt to build 3,000 temples to ‘protect and propagate Hindu faith’

Deputy CM of the Andhra Pradesh, Kottu Satyanarayana, gave the information about the development Under directions from Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the initiative aiming to "protect and propagate the Hindu faith" has been rolled out in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Kottu Satyanarayana said.

 

"To protect and propagate the Hindu faith on a massive scale, construction of Hindu temples in the localities of weaker sections has been initiated," Satyanarayana, who is also the Endowments Minister, said in an official statement on Tuesday.

 

It should be noted that, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams’ Sri Vani Trust has allocated ₹10 lakh each for the construction of temples. In addition to the start of construction of 1,330 temples, another 1,465 have been added to this list. Likewise, on the request a few legislators, 200 more will be built.

 

 

The construction of remaining temples will be done with the cooperation of other voluntary organisations, he said.

According to the minister, construction of 978 temples is taking place in full swing under the aegis of the Endowments Department while the works of every 25 temples has been entrusted to an assistant engineer. Out of the ₹270 crore CGF funds allocated to revive some temples and also for the conduct of rituals in temples, ₹238 crore funds have been released.

Similarly, out of ₹28 crore earmarked in this fiscal for the financing of rituals (doopa deepa naiveydyam) at the rate of ₹5,000 per temple, ₹15 crore have been exhausted. “Under the doopa deepa scheme, only 1,561 temples were enrolled by 2019, which now spread to 5,000,” Satyanarayana added.