Rs 99.40 Crore Sanctioned for Vemulawada Temple Development
The renovation project includes expansion of the temple premises and creation of modern amenities to improve facilities for devotees.
Karimnagar: The Telangana government has sanctioned an additional `99.40 crore for the development of the Sri Rajarajeswara Swamy Temple at Vemulawada, taking the total allocation for the project to `249.40 crore.
The government issued orders sanctioning the latest tranche of funds on Saturday.
The state government, under Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, has been undertaking the temple’s renovation and development in phases. It allocated 50 crore during 2023-24 and released 100 crore in 2024-25 before sanctioning the latest 99.40 crore.
The renovation project includes expansion of the temple premises and creation of modern amenities to improve facilities for devotees. Temple authorities said about 45 per cent of the works have been completed so far.
They said the newly sanctioned funds would be utilised to complete the remaining works, strengthen basic infrastructure and modernise the temple premises.
Vemulawada MLA and Government Whip Adi Srinivas welcomed the sanction and thanked Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, endowments minister Konda Surekha and ministers D Sridhar Babu, Ponnam Prabhakar and Adluri Laxman Kumar for their support in securing the funds.