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A century-old Shiva Lingam successful Draksharamam successful Ambedkar Konaseema territory was recovered vandalised connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025), creating a disturbance among the devotees.
According to police, unidentified miscreants vandalised the Shiva Lingam successful the temple pond connected the rear broadside of the Draksharamam temple precocious Monday midnight. The temple, fashionable arsenic Sri Bhimeswara Swamy Temple, is 1 of the Pancharama temple dedicated to Lord Shiva (Bhimeswara Swamy) and Goddess Manikyamba.
Devotees connection prayers to the Shiva Lingam and instrumentality a dip astatine the ‘koneru’, which is connected the banks of stream Godavari.
Devotees saw the vandalised Shiva Lingam connected Tuesday greeting and informed the temple priests. Superintendent of Police Rahul Meena, who rushed to the spot, said 4 teams person been formed to nab the culprits. Police are verifying the CCTV footage adjacent the temple arsenic portion of their probe.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who is overseas connected a idiosyncratic visit, called Endowments Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy precocious Tuesday nighttime to enquire astir the incident. Mr. Ramnarayana Reddy informed the Chief Minister that helium had spoken with the territory collector and SP and a caller Shiva Lingam was consecrated successful spot of the vandalised one. Mr Naidu directed Police to nab the culprits astatine the earliest.
In a connection condemning the vandalism, Mr. Ramnarayana Reddy asked officials to instrumentality steps to summation information successful the temple precincts to avert specified incidents successful future. He said the temple comes nether the purview of Archeology section and an enactment program volition beryllium chalked retired to person amended coordination betwixt constabulary and archeology department.
The Minister said the State authorities volition instrumentality each imaginable steps to support the sanctity of temples.
