Traditional temple architects from Telangana have alleged discrimination in temple construction and renovation works, claiming experts from other States are being preferred. They urged the government to recruit local professionals, fill vacancies in the Endowments Department and create a panel of qualified Telangana Stapathis.
The 25-year-old acharya, known as Ganesha Sharma Dravid before his initiation into sanyasa, was identified by the matam as successor to the present Seer Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya. He will be the 71st Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam
About 15,000 devotees from different parts of the State and neighbouring Maharashtra and Karnataka thronged the temple on Friday, an auspicious day of the holy month Shravanam.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday, the temple EO and Archakas said all the pujas, including Abhishekam, Alankarana, Harathi and Naivedyam were offered to the goddess
