Srikalahasti Brahmotsavam in tune with Agama principles, says Minister

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Srikalahasti MLA Bojjala Venkata Sudheer Reddy formally greeting Minister for Endowments Anam Ramanarayana Reddy astatine  Srikalahasti temple successful  Tirupati connected  Friday. Collector S. Venkateswar is besides  seen.

Srikalahasti MLA Bojjala Venkata Sudheer Reddy formally greeting Minister for Endowments Anam Ramanarayana Reddy astatine Srikalahasti temple successful Tirupati connected Friday. Collector S. Venkateswar is besides seen. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

The yearly Srikalahastheeswara Swamy Brahmotsavam volition beryllium conducted successful a expansive mode and successful tune with the Agamic principles, said Minister for Endowments Anam Ramanarayana Reddy connected Friday (February 06, 2026).

Participating successful a reappraisal gathering astatine the temple successful Srikalahasti municipality up of the expansive festival that runs concurrent with ‘Mahasivaratri’, the Minister said that the superior extremity of the lawsuit administrators would beryllium to travel the Agamic principles and adhere to the norms, successful missive and spirit, arsenic stipulated successful the doctrines of Sanatana Dharma.

“The State authorities has decided to behaviour the lawsuit successful a spectacular mode successful Srikalahasti, which is 1 of the large Saivite temples successful Andhra Pradesh. The grandeur volition not, however, travel successful the mode of religiously observing the doctrine of worship,” the Minister said.

Keeping successful presumption the dense unreserved expected to converge astatine the temple during the festival, Mr. Reddy said that 2 peculiar darshan queues would beryllium allowed with an introduction summons of ₹200 and ₹500, portion the escaped queue enactment volition besides beryllium disposable for the communal pilgrims.

Principal Secretary (Endowments) Hari Jawaharlal said that much volunteers would beryllium roped successful this clip to assistance negociate the queue lines and service the visiting pilgrims, portion Collector S. Venkateswar assured that the standard of solemnisation would surely get bigger than past year.

Srikalahasti MLA Bojjala Venkata Sudheer Reddy offered to administer pouch calendars and ‘mini Pasupu Kunkuma Prasadam’ to each devotee visiting the shrine during the event.

Endowments Commissioner Ramachandra Mohan announced that steps would beryllium taken to popularise the lawsuit successful the different States.

Superintendent of Police L. Subbarayudu said that the full temple country would beryllium brought into the CCTV web and surveillance enhanced done bid control, successful bid to forestall immoderate untoward incident.

Temple spot committee president Kotte Saiprasad and Executive Officer T. Bapi Reddy took part.

Published - February 06, 2026 09:02 p.m. IST

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