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The annual Vasantha Panchami festival was celebrated with religious fervour at the Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanam in Basar on Friday. Around three lakh devotees attended rituals, special prayers and Aksharabhyasam, with elaborate arrangements made for smooth conduct

The Rs. 50 crore redevelopment plan for the Basar Saraswathi temple has stalled, over a year into the Congress government’s tenure. Despite funding and foundation-laying in 2023, no work has begun, drawing criticism from devotees and raising accountability questions

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

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.

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

K Sudhakar Reddy assumed charge as the executive officer of Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanam of Basar

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.

Restrictions were imposed on pressmen who gathered at the RGUKT and other parts of the town to cover the protest of the ABVP. Media persons alleged that police forcibly deleted video clips from their mobile phones

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

Accused Sai Kumar admitted to stealing Rs 14,200 from a hundial of the shrine for money to buy liquor.

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.

According to official sources, at least 10 out of the 25 employees of the Endowment department here have been clinging to various designations at the devasthanam from durations ranging from 10 years to even 30 years.

Executive Officer of the temple Vijayarama Rao told pressmen that some officials were found to be fraudulently recording data of sales relating to laddus and pulihora.

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

Adilabad: Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao will tour the erstwhile Adilabad district on Thursday and Friday. According to his schedule, Rao would visit the ancient Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanam of Basar, inaugurate a statute of Shivaji in the temple town before laying foundation stone to a 30-bedded hospital in Mudhole mandal centre from […]

Nirmal: The famed Sri Gnana Saraswathi Devasthanam (SGSD) of Basar had an income of Rs 78.24 lakh for a period of 63 days. Counting of hundials was held on the premises of the shrine on Tuesday. Temple Executive Officer of the temple K Vinod Reddy said that the temple registered revenue of Rs 78,24,281. In […]

SGSD is the only temple that houses the goddess Saraswathi in southern India

Devotees, mandatorily wearing masks and maintaining physical distancing, are now allowed to perform various prayers and rituals including Aksharabhyasam, the initiation of alphabets .