Children were not provided with bread, milk and biscuits as promised by the temple EO
A few devotees come out of the queue lines to comfort their children and give space to them to breath at Basar temple on Mula Nakshatram Day when there was heavy rush. – DC
Adilabad: Devotees who thronged the abode of goddess Saraswati Devi at Basar, to formally introduce their children to education, on the occasion of the auspicious Mula Nakshatram day on October 1, faced many hardships due to lack of facilities and VIPs’ visit. Many of the children had to go empty-stomach for nearly 6-7 hours in the queue as the temple officials failed to provide eatables of which, the temple EO promised before the launch of Sarannavaratri celebrations. It was reported some children even fainted during the long stay in the serpentine queues.
Temple executive Officer (EO) N. Mutyalarao had announced that milk, bread and biscuits would be supplied to children visiting the temple for Aksharabhyasam, as they cannot go hungry for long. However, it proved to be an empty promise.
Sandhya, a devotee from Kukatpalli in Hyderabad, who visited Basar for Aksharabhyasam of their son said they faced a lot of inconvenience due to the poor facilities at the temple. Many of the small children fell asleep due to the long wait in the queue at the temple.
The devotees were forced to wait in the queue, partially due to the heavy rush and partially, due to the VIPs visits. Minister Pocharam Srinivas Reddy visited the temple along with his family and performed ‘aksharabhyasam’ to his grandson. Similarly, many other government officials of the top ranks too visited the temple when the ordinary devotees were forced to wait in the queue to enable the former have a hassle-free darshan.
The VIPs and top government officials had a comfortable darshan at the temple during the rush hour at the cost of the common devotees, some of who had come from long distances. Many of the devotees were found comforting their small kids on their shoulders when they were weeping continuously due to the suffocation and long wait in the queues.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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