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The ambitious program of the State authorities to physique 5,000 temples successful SC/ST colonies crossed Andhra Pradesh successful the adjacent 5 years is funded by the communal public.
Speaking to the media present connected Tuesday, Minister for Endowments Anam Ramanarayana Reddy said that the fiscal root for the mammoth task would beryllium from the Common Good Fund (CGF), a chunk of which is received done offerings to temples and successful the signifier of nationalist donations.
Reiterating the State government’s committedness to safeguard temples, helium recalled the allocation of ₹10,000 per period towards ‘Dhoopa Deepa Naivedya’ for 5,523 temples crossed the State, which would beryllium extended to 1,000 much by October.
Similarly, the Minister mentioned the summation of salaries to priests and outgo of a monthly ‘Sambhavana’ of ₹3,000 each to 600 Vedic students for a play of 3 years arsenic steps to rejuvenate ‘Sanatana Dharma’. Mr. Reddy said that the process of forming spot boards to the thousands of temples functioning nether the Endowments section would beryllium completed betwixt December and March.
