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The Hindu
03-08-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Mantralayam and river ghats cleaned in Kurnool
Volunteers of 'Mana Ooru, Mana Gudi, Mana Bhadyatha' (Our Village, Our Temple, Our Responsibility) on Sunday (August 3) cleaned Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt at Mantralayam and the banks of Tungabhadra river here as part of their temple cleaning programme. Over 100 volunteers, led by 'Mana Ooru, Mana Gudi, Mana Bhadyatha' founder M.V. Sivakumar Reddy, first cleaned nearly 500 metres bathing ghats along the Tungabhadra river. 'We collected nearly five tractor loads of garbage, which included leftover cloths, plastic material like shampoo bottles and sachets and soaps. People believe that leaving their cloths in the river will free them of their sins but they do not realise the damage they are doing to the future generations by polluting the rivers,' Mr. Sivakumar Reddy said. IT professionals, doctors and people from various sections of society from Hyderabad, Kurnool, Nandyal and Bengaluru joined hands to clean the ghats. During the lunch time, when the temple will be closed for devotees, the volunteers cleaned the main temple and its surroundings. The temple authorities had recently taken up works on queue lines and others in view of the upcoming Aaradhanotsavams at the mutt.
The Hindu
19-07-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Volunteers clean Mahanandi temple in Nandyal
Volunteers of 'Mana Ooru, Mana Gudi, Mana Bhadyatha' (our village, our temple, our responsibility) on Saturday cleaned the Sri Mahanandeeshwara Swamy Devasthanam at Mahanandi. Around 80 volunteers of the community-based organisation cleaned the temple premises and the choultries adjacent to it. The organisation, which is an initiative to preserve and protect rich heritage of temples, has till date extended its services at famous temples like Srisailam, Kanchi, and several others. 'The temple authorities are expecting a huge rush of devotees to the Shaivite temple during the auspicious Sravana month, and invited us to take up the cleanliness drive,' organisation founder and INTACH Nandyal convenor M.V. Sivakumar Reddy said. He added that a similar `Temple seva' will be taken up at Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt at Mantralayam in Kurnool district on August 3.
