Vadapalli temple hundis net Rs 2.91 cr

Vadapalli: The hundi collections of Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple at Vadapalli have amounted to Rs 2,91,06,115. The counting of offerings made by devotees in the temple hundis revealed a cash collection of Rs 2,42,49,560 from the main temple hundis and Rs 48,56,555 from the Annadanam hundi.

Apart from cash, the temple received 39.5 grams of gold and 1 kg and 607 grams of silver. Foreign currency offerings included 136 currency notes from 16 countries, including the UAE, Oman, the USA, Qatar, Malaysia, Canada, New Zealand, Kuwait, England, Uganda, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Nepal and Singapore.

Temple authorities and representatives associated with the counting process participated in the hundi income assessment. The offerings reflected the devotion of pilgrims visiting the famous Vadapalli temple. The counting process was supervised by Vadapalli Temple chairman Mudunuri Venkata Raju, EO and Deputy Commissioner Nallam Surya Chakradhara Rao, Assistant Commissioner of Endowments K Lakshmi Narayana Setty, Temple Inspector STP Srinivas, and Executive Officer Grade-II PVVS Kameswara Rao also participated.

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Deekshitula Subrahmanyam

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Deekshitula RV Subrahmanyam is a Staff Reporter with The Hans India, covering the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts, along with Alluri Sitarama Raju and Polavaram districts. A journalist with experience of over three decades, he began his career as a Telugu mofussil reporter in 1991. He writes extensively on politics, tribal affairs, rural development, tourism, development, and human-interest stories He is the author of the six-part Telugu prose Ramayana Sitarama Kathasudha and has received several literary and journalistic honours, including the JCI Young Writer Award, Vadlamudi Rammohan Rao Memorial Award and Madduri Annapurnayya Memorial Award.

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