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“As a portion of Andhra Pradesh Government’s extremity to make SPSR Nellore arsenic a spiritual centre, it is spending astir astir ₹78.42 crore to renovate 57 past temples successful the district,” Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy announced during his sojourn to Sri Vedagiri Lakshimi Narasimha Swamy temple successful Nellore connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026).
Speaking connected the occasion, helium said, “The State Government is spending ₹5 crore a period for Dhupa Deepa Naivedyam scheme. More than 5 1000 temples are being provided with ₹10,000 a period nether this strategy and those studying Vedic acquisition are being fixed monthly allowance of ₹3,000. More than 450 temples successful Nellore territory are receiving ₹45 lakh a month.”
Reconstruction of 498 past temples nether mode with ₹603 crore: Endowments Minister
Mr. Ramanarayana Reddy revealed his plans to acceptable up a 100-acre star powerfulness task successful the lands of Narasimha Swamy temple. He said MA&UD Minister Ponguru Narayana and Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy person already discussed the task with him, and proposals person been made to lease retired the onshore for this project.
He further said, “Nellore Municipal Corporation (NMC) volition hole the task proposals. Once it is leased out, the temple volition gain an yearly income of ₹1.30 crore astatine a complaint of ₹30,000 per acre each year. In summation to earning gross from unused lands, the projected task volition supply greenish vigor to the residents of the city.”
The State Government has sanctioned ₹8.74 crore for the broad improvement of the Narasimha Swamy temple. Tenders volition beryllium called soon for the reconstruction of Sri Prasanna Lakshmi Ammavari Sametha Sri Govindarajaswamy Devasthanam with an estimated outgo of ₹2.40 crore, 2 halls with ₹2.35 crore, and Annadanam gathering with ₹2.70 crore.
