Grand preparations for Hanuman Jayanthi

The Sree Veeranjaneya Swamy Temple in Tadbund is all decked up in festive colours for Hanuman Jayanthi, which will be celebrated today.

Over 25,000 devotees from the city and neighbouring districts are expected to attend for darshan. “To ensure hassle free celebrations, the devastanam committee members have made elaborate arrangements and will provide free prasadam and other basic amenities at the temple,” said B Veeresham, founder and chairman of the temple committee.

Upto 25 quintals of yellow rice (pulihora), butter milk and water will be distributed to the devotees. The temple opens at 2.00 am for performing Visesha Abishekam, Sindhoora Alankaram and Viswa Roopa Alankaram to the deity. Darshan for devotees commences at 6.00 am and will continue till midnight with Hanuman Chalisa Parayanam throughout in a spiritual environment.

More than 100 volunteers will work and help the devotees to ensure peaceful darshan. In this regard, M Mahender Reddy, commissioner of city police visited the temple on Thursday to oversee the security arrangements.

“We are deploying more than 5,000 police personnel and other para military forces as precautionary measures to avoid any untoward incidents and to ensure strict law and order to ensure peaceful and happy Shobha Yatra, which commences from Gowliguda at 9.30 am and concludes at 5.30 pm at Tadbund Temple.

CCTV cameras are installed at all the focal points to have a clear view and footage to keep a track on the live demonstration of the celebrations.” Dr B Janardhan Reddy, commissioner of GHMC visited along with commissioner of police to oversee the arrangements.