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Bhoomi Pujan for the construction of Lord Venkateswara Temple at Karimnagar on May 31

Karimnagar : The date for performing ‘Bhumi Puja’ for the construction of Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple to be built by TTD in Karimnagar has been finalised. BC Welfare Minister Gangula Kamalakar, State Planning Commission Vice President B Vinod Kumar and Hyderabad TTD local advisory ouncil president Bhaskar Rao met with the TTD EO AV Dharma Reddy at the TTD administration building on Friday in Tirupati on Friday. The Bhumi Puja programme would take place on May 31. They explained about the order given by the government allotting 10 acres of land to TTD for the construction of the temple. They requested TTD to build a temple properly so that the blessings of Sri Venkateswara Swamy could be bestowed on the people of Karimnagar. The TTD EO informed that before the Bhumi Puja, the TTD priests would conduct a Bhukarshanam programme on May 22. The place for sanctum sanctorum will be ploughe. New grains are sprinkled there. After the grains sprout, they are used as fodder for cows. After that, the temple is leveled and construction work is started. This is called Bhukarshanam Th e minister said that after essary arrangements would be made to hold the Lord Venkateswara Kalyanotsavam on the same premises in the evening. JEOs Sada Bhargavi, Veerabraham, Chief Engineer Nageswara Rao, EE Narasimhamurthy, Agama advisor Mohana Rangacharya, chief priest of Tirumala temple Venugopala Dixitulu and Dontha Ramesh participated in the meeting.

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