P. Okay. Sekarbabu
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To guarantee easy darshan for senior citizens, pregnant girls and individuals with infants, in temples with heavy footfall, a separate queue will probably be organized, Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Minister P.Okay.Sekarbabu mentioned in the Assembly on Wednesday.
A particular pathway to facilitate differently-abled individuals to attain the ocean will probably be supplied on the seashore of Subramania Swamy Temple in Tiruchendur, at an estimated price of ₹50 lakh. Besides 40 temples that are over 1,000-years-old will probably be renovated at an estimated price of ₹21 crore, Mr. Sekarbabu mentioned tabling the demand for grants for his division.
From renovating temples, extending Annadaanam schemes, offering rope automotive amenities, resting halls for devotees and constructing marriage halls, the Minister made 249 new bulletins.
Keeping the welfare of the devotees inmind, a grant of ₹50 crore will probably be supplied by the federal government for the development of facilities, together with improvement works at Agni Theertham in Ramanatha Swamy Temple, Rameswaram. He famous that for the wedding of {couples} in temples, in whom one of many companions is differently-abled, a gold thali weighing 4 gram will probably be supplied by the temple from this 12 months.
To allow provision of primary facilities to devotees of 5 temples, a grasp plan will probably be ready and work will probably be undertaken at an estimated price of ₹200 crore, whereas Thiruppani works will probably be carried out in 698 temples, at a value of ₹250 crore.
The Minister additionally talked about {that a} resting corridor for devotees on pilgrimage from Chennai to Tirumala by foot will probably be constructed on the land belonging to Subramaniyaswamy Temple in Tiruttani, at a value of ₹3 crore. An extra visitor home for pilgrims will probably be constructed at Tirumala by Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam, at an estimated price of ₹15 crore.
Based on the feasibility report obtained, a rope automotive facility will probably be supplied between Palani Hill and Idumban Hill, at a value of ₹32 crore, by Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple in Palani. Similarly, a rope automotive facility will probably be supplied at Subramania Swamy Temple at Anuvavi in Coimbatore, at an estimated price of ₹14 crore and one other at Vedhagiriswarar Temple in Thirukazhukundram, Chengalpattu at an estimated price of ₹12.05 crore.
To be certain that certified clergymen carried out the rituals in the temples as per the Agama Rules, a priest coaching faculty will probably be established on behalf of Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Namakkal Taluk, Erode. This 12 months’s bulletins additionally had a point out of renovation of 32 temple tanks at a value of ₹10.04 crore. A brand new picket temple automotive will probably be made for 16 temples, at an estimated price of ₹7.2 crore. A shed for the temple automotive will probably be erected in 53 temples, at an estimated price of ₹10.25 crore.
