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The temple town of Basar in Mancherial was cut off as the Godavari river swelled due to heavy rains. Several localities and the road to Sri Saraswathi Devasthanam were submerged. Students, teachers, and rescuers were stranded as floods disrupted normal life

The Rs 50 crore redevelopment plan for Basar’s Sri Gnana Saraswathi temple remains stalled, disappointing devotees. Despite prior approvals and funding, the Congress government has made no visible progress over the past year, raising concerns about its commitment to temple development

Kyatham Santosh, chairman of Navya Bharathi Global High School, offered the musical instrument to the goddess of learning as a gesture of gratitude for fulfilling his wishes. He stated that the veena was crafted from 4 kilograms of silver at a cost of approximately ₹5 lakh.

EO of the temple K Sudhakar Reddy said that the temple registered income of Rs 53,36,176, 73 grams of mixed gold and 2.10 kilograms of silver ornaments by way of offerings by devotees from Feb 13 to March 28.

The temple registered a revenue of Rs 1,08,25,110 in cash, 78 grams of mixed gold, 4.80 kilograms of silver ornaments and 36 foreign currency notes by way of offerings by devotees from November 26 to February 13

Around 50,000 devotees from not only Telangana, but also neighbouring Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh visited the shrine

The executive officer of the temple Vijayarama Rao said that the temple earned an income of Rs 1,00,30,657, mixed gold ornaments weighing 143 grams, 4.250 kilograms of mixed silver ornaments and 147 foreign currency notes by way of offerings by devotees from August 28 to November 25.

Around 120 activists arrived at the shrine to draw the attention of Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on the suicides of RGUKT-Basar students

Executive Officer says the temple earned an income of Rs 16.21 lakh by selling 1,621 special 'Aksharabhyasam' tickets each costing Rs 1,000

Officials of the shrine said that Maha Abhisekam and many other special prayers were performed to the deity to mark the commencement of the ceremonies.

Basar police said that an unidentified person entered the temple by jumping over a wall around 10 pm.

'Veteran' employees involved in multiple irregularities in sales of 'laddu', 'pulihora' and Seva tickets in Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanam at Basar.

Adilabad MP Soyam Bapu Rao, Mudhole MLA Rama Rao Patel, MLC Dande Vittal presented silk clothing to the deity to mark the occasion, following cancellation of minister D Seethakka's participation in the programme on behalf of the government

Staffers immediately shifted the priest to a primary health centre in Basar and then to a private hospital in Nizamabad for better medication

They formed serpentine queue lines to take darshan of the presiding deity from early morning to afternoon. They earlier had a holy dip in Godavari river flowing adjacent to the town.

The goddess would appear in the form of Kushmanda on the fourth day, while as Skanda matha on the fifth day. She sported the appearance of Shailaputri and Brahmacharini on the first and second day, respectively

A devotee donated a brass pedestal weighing 13 kilograms and mixed silver footwear of 1.617 kilograms to Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanam of Basar for daily services of the deity

The popular Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devi Devasthanam of Basar earned Rs 67.08 lakh for a period of 44 days.

Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy inaugurated e-Hundi facility enabling devotees to give offerings to the deity online on the premises of the temple

Forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy said the ancient Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanam at Basar would be developed on the lines of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple of Yadadri