Revenue of ₹1.20 crore collected during Mailaralingeshwar temple fair

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The yearly  Mailaralingeshwar temple just  attracted devotees from crossed  the State and neighbouring States specified  arsenic  Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra.

The yearly Mailaralingeshwar temple just attracted devotees from crossed the State and neighbouring States specified arsenic Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

The yearly Mailaralingeshwar Temple just astatine Mailapur successful Yadgir territory has brought successful a sizeable gross postulation from assorted sources to the territory administration.

A full of ₹1,20,90,499 successful gross was collected during the week-long just from January 12 to 18, Additional Commissioner Ramesh Kolar, who was the nodal serviceman for the fair, told the The Hindu.

The highest collection, amounting to ₹28,95,540, was from the temple’s ‘Hundi’, wherever devotees donated wealth directly.

“The gross postulation from different sources is arsenic follows: ₹22,55,700 from the sheep and goat auction; ₹21,10,000 from the wholesale coconut sale; ₹11,00,000 from the amusive games auction; ₹4,80,000 from the quality hairsbreadth auction; ₹24,71,100 from the nonstop darshan receipts (₹300 per head); ₹1,40,000 from nonstop darshan receipts (₹500 per head); ₹26,333 from currency donation done receipts; ₹5,78,936 from store rent; ₹28,750 from four-wheeler parking; and ₹4,140 from two-wheeler parking,” helium said.

The yearly just attracted devotees from crossed the State and neighbouring States specified arsenic Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra.

The Animal Husbandry section seized 800 sheep and goats from devotees, who had brought them to connection to Mailaralingeshwar, arsenic the signifier is prohibited by the territory administration.

The section conducted an auction for seized animals and collected a gross of ₹28.95 lakh, which was included successful the full postulation of ₹1.20 crore.

Apart from this, Kalyana Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, which had operated buses from Yadgir and different places, collected ₹65 lakh. “There is simply a shortage of ₹10 lakh, arsenic it collected ₹75 lakh past year,” Manjunath, Divisional Controller of Yadgir Division, said.

Published - January 31, 2026 06:53 p.m. IST

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