Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Yadadri will be the first holy place in Telangana to allow addicts to perform a’ giri pradakshina’, the practice of encircling the sacred hill every day, especially in vogue at Arunachalam. The pradakshina of the Yadari hill will be 2.5 km long.
A special programme is being organized on June 18 to mark the inception of’ Giri Pradakshina, verified tabernacle administrative officerA. Bhaskar Rao.
” To let more people know about it, we’re organizing a religious promotion program on June 18 with over 4,000 addicts involving tabernacle staff, shopkeepers, original townies and addicts,” he explained. The Arunachalam temple ple in Tamil Nadu, Simhachalam tabernacle at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, have espoused the practice. religious place where’ Giri Pradakshina’ will start from June 18.
The tabernacle operation has also taken a decision to allow original townies to
have (antarayala) special darshan of Lord Sri Narasimha Swamy from the sanctum sanctorum on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 8.30 a.m. to 9 am.
This was a long-pending matter among the locals, and was the decision was taken with the concurrence of original Congress MLA Beerla Ilaiah after a meeting with officers
From June 15, the Yadadri temple management made the dress law obligatory for all addicts sharing in Arjitha Sevas.” We’ve formerly started enforcing a dress law: traditional sari or’ salwar kameez’ for women and’ dhoti’ and’ kurtha’ rather white for men, starting June 1 on an experimental basis. As the response was excellent, we’ve decided to make it obligatory from June 15,” another functionary said.
According to officials, every day, not less than 5,000 to 8,000 pilgrims on average visit the temple to offer their vows, performing ing ‘Saswata Puj’, ‘Sas- wata Kalyanam’, ‘Laksha Tulasi Puja’ ‘Abhishe kam’, ‘Satyanarayana Swamy Bratham’, etc. During weekends and pub- lic holidays, the turnout would cross 50,000.
