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The ‘kumbhabishekam’ for the satellite celebrated Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple would beryllium performed either by December oregon latest earlier February adjacent year, said Tamil Nadu HR&CE Minister P. K. Sekar Babu present connected Saturday.
Speaking to media persons, helium said that successful 2009 the temple had witnessed the past consecration ceremony.
The HR&CE officials would consult with renowned gurukals similar Pichai gurukal and Raja Bhattar connected the agama sastra and instrumentality the last determination successful consultation with the Chief Minister and denote the day and different details regarding the ‘kumbabishekam’.
After the occurrence mishap astatine the Vasantha Rayar Mandapam, successful the temple, successful February 2018, which had damaged respective pillars and the extortion structure, reconstruction activities had taken a agelong time. There was successful fact, undue hold successful getting azygous agelong pillars for the mandapam. “If the gurukals opine that the consecration could beryllium performed excluding the Vasantha Rayar Mandapam, it would beryllium held successful December itself. If they suggest that the ‘kumbabishekam’ tin spell up lone aft works were wholly completed, past it would beryllium held successful February 2026,” Mr Sekar Babu said.
Out of a full of 186 works taken up astatine a outgo of ₹23.70 crore, the temple has taken up 117 among them astatine ₹8.90 crore portion donors person been entrusted with 69 works astatine ₹14.80 crore, helium clarified to a query and said that a bulk of the works were nearing completion.
The full outgo incurred successful giving a implicit facelift to the Vasantha Rayar Mandapam unsocial stood astatine ₹35.30 crore.
He said with pridefulness that the DMK authorities had performed ‘kumbabishekams’ to a whopping 3707 temples successful the past 4 years retired of 74,000 shrines successful the State. “I tin challenge, nary different authorities whitethorn person been truthful pro-active successful the temple activities and attributed it to the enactment of the Chief Minister M. K. Stalin,” helium said.
To different query, helium said that ‘kumbabishekams’ to each the sub-temples of Meenakshi Temple would beryllium completed earlier February adjacent year.
The Minister repeatedly stressed that the HR&CE officials and the technocrats, who were moving tirelessly, person fixed assurance to get each the works completed connected a warfare footing. The ‘kumbabishekam’ for the Meenakshi Temple would beryllium performed successful a expansive and fitting mode to the restitution of the devotees each implicit the satellite and determination request not beryllium immoderate apprehensions owed to the upcoming Assembly predetermination astir mid-2026 successful Tamil Nadu.
Minister P. Moorthy, HR&CE Commissioner Sridhar, Collector K. J. Praveen Kumar, Corporation Commissioner Chitra Vijayan, Temple Fit Person (Thakkar) Rukmini Palanivelrajan and Board of Trustees were present.
Later, helium inspected the works nether mode astatine the temple, officials said.
