BILL PAVES WAY FOR YADAGIRIGUTTA TEMPLE TRUST BOARD

BRS, BJP members support Bill that facilitates establishment of trust boards for temples with ₹100 cr annual income

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

THE State Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed the Telangana Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments (Amendment) Bill, 2025, paving the way for creation of the Yadagirigutta temple trust board on the lines of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams of Andhra Pradesh.

Introducing the Bill, Endowments, Forests & Environment Minister Konda Surekha outlined the objectives behind establishing the Yadagirigutta temple trust board. She said there has been a substantial increase in flow of pilgrims and devotees to Yadagirigutta temple, which currently attracts more than 50,000 devotees per day.

The minister said that the state government has planned several developmental projects, leveraging various technologies, to improve infrastructural facilities in a bid to make the Yadagirigutta Devasthanam a more welcoming and accessible place of worship.