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Hans India
22-05-2025
- General
- Hans India
Rajagopuram re-consecration ceremony concludes
S Kothur (Nandyal district): There-consecration ceremony (Punaha Kalasha Pratishtha) of the Rajagopuram at the historic Sri Valli Sametha Sri Subrahmanyeshwara Swamy Temple in S Kothur concluded on a grand note on Wednesday. The three-day Maha Kumbhabhishekam festivities were held under the supervision of temple Executive Officer Ramakrishna and witnessed large participation from devotees across the region. As part of the celebrations, Panyam MLA Gowru Charitha Reddy and her husband Gowru Venkata Reddy took part in the religious proceedings. They also inaugurated the newly constructed temple prakaram (compound wall) and Gali Gopuram (open-air tower), developed at a cost of Rs 2 cr, marking a significant step in the temple's infrastructure development. Wednesday's rituals began at 7.00 AM with Ganapati Puja and Punyahavachanam. At 9.04 AM, the Rajagopuram Kalasha Sthapana and Pratishtha rituals were performed, followed by the Ashtottara Kalasha Maha Kumbhabhishekam, Maha Poornahuti, Prana Pratishtha, Kumbha Drishti, Go Drishti, and Shanti Kalyana Mahotsavam. The program concluded with the chanting of blessings by scholars, Maha Mangala Harathi, and the distribution of prasadam to devotees. Thousands of devotees thronged the temple premises to witness the sacred events and receive divine blessings. The entire Maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted in accordance with Shaiva Agama traditions by renowned Agama scholar Brahmashri Shatadiga Pratishthacharya Agamika Pulletikurthi Bhogeshwara Sharma of Kalla Mandal, West Godavari District. He was accompanied by his disciple groups and fellow Agamika scholar Pulletikurthi Ganapati Sharma.
The Hindu
12-05-2025
- Science
- The Hindu
NIT-Tiruchi alumnus remembered for the success of Akash missile systems
The Akash surface-to-air missile (SAM) system that has been deployed in the recent India-Pakistan hostilities has a Tiruchi connection. The project's director Ramprasad Ramakrishna Panyam was a graduate of Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology – Tiruchi, of the 1971-76 batch. Panyam passed away due to a massive cardiac arrest in 2012 at the age of 58, when he was working as the associate director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) in Hyderabad. His contribution to the success of the Akash missile has drawn attention from defence experts. 'The project was conceived in 1980s, but took over two decades to succeed, because of electronic connectivity problems, and the completely new materials being used. Mr. Panyam took over in 2002 when Akash was facing several issues. He systematically analysed all the problems, connected with the users, and took about two to three years to bring the project up to a stage of industry acceptance and production,' Srinivasan Sundarrajan, former director of NIT-T and a colleague of Panyam on the project, told The Hindu on Monday. NIT-T conferred a posthumous Distinguished Alumnus award on R.R. Panyam during its golden jubilee in 2014. 'While newer and more innovative SAMs have been developed indigenously, the Akash remains the pioneering role model, largely due to Mr. Panyam's contribution. I have worked closely with him during the project, and remember his simplicity and humble nature,' said Mr. Sundarrajan. The Akash is in the same class as the U.S. Patriot missile. It is equipped to destroy targets 25 km away, has a supersonic speed of 600 metres a second, and can intercept targets such as the cruise missile and unmanned aerial vehicles. Mr. Panyam contributed in the design and development of solid fuel integrated rocket Ramjet for the Akash. In a 2008 interview with The Hindu, Mr. Panyam had said that Akash had been cleared by the Indian Air Force after elaborate user field trials at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea in Odisha. Mr. Panyam obtained his M.E in Aerospace Engineering in 1978 from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and his Ph. D in Aerospace from Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, U.S., in 1983. He joined DRDL, Hyderabad, in 1983.
The Hindu
05-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Will provide 20 lakh jobs by setting up industries: Bharath
Industries and Commerce Minister T.G. Bharath said the NDA government will provide 20 lakh jobs to the youth as promised by setting up industries. Mr. Bharath, along with Panyam MLA Gouru Charitha Reddy, district Collector P. Ranjith Basha and others, inaugurated the MSME park set up at Guttapadu village in Orvakal mandal with a cost of ₹38.47 crore. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has planned to set up industrial parks in all the 175 Assembly constituencies of the State. 'No other person or leader envisaged setting up industrial parks on a largescale. We will implement and are going ahead to realise his vision,' Mr Bharath said. 'When Mr. Naidu, as the Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh came up with Vision 2020, he faced lot of criticism and adverse comments. However, the same vision was instrumental in the development of Hyderabad. Development can be achieved only when one has a vision,' the Minister said. Mr. Bharath said that they were offering training to the local youth so that they could get jobs. 'We are setting up a pilot training centre at Orvakal. Though the training involves huge cost, one can earn good salary at a lesser time and we urge the youth to take up the pilot training,' he said. The Minister further said that both the Centre and State governments were working towards developing basic infrastructure at the Orvakal industrial area. We have also requested the Railways to lay railway siding from Dupadu to Betamcherla railway stations passing through Orvakal node under the Hyderabad-Bengaluru industrial corridor, he said. Mr. Bharath said that the State has attracted ₹9 lakh crore investments in just nine months and the setting up of these industries will provide more than five lakh jobs. Meanwhile, Mr. Ranjith Basha said that they have identified land in all the seven Assembly constituencies for setting up a MSME park and the one at Orvakal was the first one to be inaugurated in the district. The mandal will develop with the setting up of the park, he said. Panyam MLA Charitha Reddy said that the State government is giving equal importance to welfare as well as development.
