Vijayawada Kanakadurga Temple Shift Offices

The Kanakadurga temple authorities are planning to shift administration offices, shops, prasadam, annadanam and other counters from atop Indrakeeladri to the foothill.It triggered a fresh debate at the temple. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed the hill should be decongested and maintained like that of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, EO of the temple S.S Chandrasekhar Azad told this correspondent. There are about 120 staffers in the temple administration wing and all of them would be shifted to a shelter at the Brahmana Street namely Indrakeeladri shelter.

In fact, this shelter has been providing accomodation to pilgrims who come from various places in both the Telugu states. Mr Azad explained that Annadanam would be shifted to Arjun street, shops to Mallikharjuna Mahamandapam and Prasadalu to Gosala. He also said that they would construct one way track to reach God and Godess in a single line for the pilgrims. He said that they would make free place atop Indrakeeladi too.