Tiruchendur temple to get more facilities
The Hindu
A comprehensive project report for creating basic infrastructure facilities for the benefit of devotees visiting Subramaniya Swami Temple here is being prepared, Minister for Hindu Religious and Chari
A comprehensive project report for creating basic infrastructure facilities for the benefit of devotees visiting Subramaniya Swami Temple here is being prepared, Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments P.K. Sekar Babu has said.
After inspecting the shrine on Tuesday along with Minster for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Anita R. Radhakrishnan, he said a range of infrastructure facilities would be jointly created in the temple at a cost of ₹ 150 crore to be shared by the HR and CE Department and private companies. The report, which was prepared earlier, had been modified following detailed discussion with the Secretary, Department of HR and CE, the Commissioner and the Collector. The modified project report would get the final nod after it was presented to Chief Minister M.K. Stalin.
He informed that the Chief Minister would formally inaugurate the day-long annadhanam scheme in Tiruttani, Samayapuram and Tiruchendur temples on September 16 through videoconference.
Hampi, the UNESCO-recognised historical site, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. Foreign travellers from Persia, Europe and other parts of the world have chronicled the wealth of the place and the unique cultural mores of this kingdom built on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. There are fine descriptions to be found of its temples, farms, markets and trading links, remnants of which one can see in the ruins now. The Literature, architecture of this era continue inspire awe.
Unfurling the zine handed to us at the start of the walk, we use brightly-coloured markers to draw squiggly cables across the page, starting from a sepia-toned vintage photograph of the telegraph office. Iz, who goes by the pronouns they/them, explains, “This building is still standing, though it shut down in 2013,” they say, pointing out that telegraphy, which started in Bengaluru in 1854, was an instrument of colonial power and control. “The British colonised lands via telegraph cables, something known as the All Red Line.”
The festival in Bengaluru is happening at various locations, including ATREE in Jakkur, Bangalore Creative Circus in Yeshwantpur, Courtyard Koota in Kengeri, and Medai the Stage in Koramangala. The festival will also take place in various cities across Karnataka including Tumakuru, Ramanagara, Mandya, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Hassan, Chitradurga, Davangere, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru.