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New Indian Express
25-07-2025
- New Indian Express
Cheating case filed for misusing Bhadrachalam temple name to promote paid event in Vizag
VISAKHAPATNAM: Visakhapatnam III Town police have registered a cheating case against a group of organisers for misusing the name of the Bhadrachalam Sree Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Devasthanam to promote a paid event planned in the city later this month. Visakhapatnam Commissioner of Police (CP) Shanka Brata Bagchi said the case was filed based on a complaint from Bhadrachalam temple executive officer and Special Deputy Collector L Ramadevi, along with AP Assistant Commissioner of Endowments T Annapurna. According to the FIR, the organisers planned to conduct a celestial wedding (Sri Sita Ramula Kalyanam) at a replica of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir set up on Beach Road near the Park Hotel. They were reportedly charging Rs 2,999 per ticket and falsely claimed that temple priests from Bhadrachalam would participate. Annapurna stated that the organisers had not obtained permission from the Bhadrachalam temple authorities.
New Indian Express
10-07-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Bhadrachalam temple staff protest over attack on EO
KHAMMAM: Wearing black badges, members of the TNGO Association, temple employees' welfare and retired staff associations and Vedic administrative staff from various temples staged a protest outside Tanisha Kalyana Mandapam on Wednesday, condemning the attack on Bhadrachalam temple Executive Officer (EO) L Ramadevi. The protestors alleged that EO Ramadevi and her team were assaulted by encroachers from Purushottapatnam village in Yetapaka mandal, Alluri Sitaramaraju district, Andhra Pradesh while attempting to stop illegal constructions on land belonging to the Sri Sitaramachandra Swamy temple. They demanded legal action against the culprits and measures to stop further encroachments. VHP state publicity in-charge Pagudakula Balaswamy decried the repeated encroachment of the temple's land, once gifted by a devotee, and recalled previous instances, including a gaushala being blocked. He criticised the AP government's failure to act, despite forming a special committee. EO Ramadevi, discharged from KIMS Hospital in Bhadrachalam, has left for Hyderabad to seek better care.
