Warangal: Renovation and style works on the Medaram temple are in the final stage and are progressing at a lickety-split tempo beneath the original Master Idea, with ₹251 crore sanctioned by the Telangana authorities, as the huge Sammakka Saralamma jatara is correct days away in Medaram of Tadvai mandal, Mulugu district.
Of the total outlay, ₹101 crore has been earmarked for the growth and permanent reconstruction of the sacred platform (Gaddelu). To make it doubtless for prolonged-duration of time durability, engineers private frail about 4,000 tonnes of granite. The works are being utilized beneath the pronounce supervision of ministers Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Seethakka and Konda Surekha.
The original grasp realizing introduces permanent architectural aspects now not seen earlier in Medaram. The shrine now has a 46-pillar outer wall (prakaram), while the main deities will be seated on a newly constructed eight-pillar spherical platform.
To relieve a watch on pilgrim motion, quite a lot of considerable welcoming arches were constructed, along with a 50-foot-huge main gate, three 40-foot-huge gates and 5 30-foot-huge gates. The granite walls are adorned with over 7,000 sculptures depicting the names and history of 750 Koya lineages. All designs were finalised with the approval of the Tribal Priests’ Association.
District collector T.S. Divakar said the authorities had upgraded the shrine infrastructure by the grasp realizing to accommodate the anticipated influx of pilgrims. The core temple dwelling has been expanded from 32,000 to 54,000 sq. feet, growing the viewing capability from about 3,000 to easily about 8,000 devotees per hour. Eight outmoded gates private moreover been constructed and embellished with tribal sculptures.
Within the meantime, pilgrim inflow has been rising progressively all over the final month and has surged additional with exact a week left for the Maha Jatara. Nearly three lakh devotees are visiting Medaram each and daily, with automobiles arriving on the fee of higher than 1,000 per hour.
