Published: Friday, February 19, 2021, 15:19 [IST]
Amaravati, Feb 19: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday inaugurated the Chariot (Ratham) of Sri Lakshminarasimha Swamy temple at Antarvedi in East Godavari district coinciding with the auspicious day of Ratha Saptami .
The Chief Minister offered puja and aarti and dragged the giant 40-feet high chariot with his cabinet colleagues to herald its inauguration, an official release said.
A 60-year-old wooden chariot of the Antarvedi temple was gutted in a mysterious fire in September last year, sparking a political and religious row which forced the state government to seek a CBI inquiry. The new chariot was built at a cost of Rs 1 crore after a fire gutted the previous one on September 5.
Andhra CM inaugurates new wooden chariot of Antarvedi temple
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February 19, 2021 13:15 IST
The Chief Minister has offered special puja to the deity and inquired about the rituals scheduled to be performed during the annual Kalyanotsav.
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Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy pulling new wooden chariot at Antarvedi temple in East Godavari district on Friday.
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The Chief Minister has offered special puja to the deity and inquired about the rituals scheduled to be performed during the annual Kalyanotsav.
Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Friday inaugurated the 40-foot height new wooden chariot of Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami temple by pulling it on the temple campus here in East Godavari district. With this, the ten-day annual Kalyanotsav has commenced at the temple.
AP CM YS Jagan To Visit Antarvedi Temple On Rathasapthami Day To Flag Off New Chariot Feb 13, 2021, 17:12 IST
EAST GODAVARI: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is slated to visit the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Temple at Antarvedi in Sakhinetipalle Mandal East Godavari district on the 19th of this month, which also marks the holy Rathasapthami day.
Speaking to the media on Friday after inspecting the new chariot that was built recently, the Endowments Minister Vellampalli Srinivas said that there was a possibility of the chariot being taken out by devotees on the day of Rathasapthami and that Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy had desired to come to Antarvedi on the occasion.