ELURU: Two YSR Congress supporters from a remote village in
West Godavari
district have decided build a
temple
where AP chief minister
YS Jaganmohan Reddy would be the presiding deity!
Hailing the CM as the “messiah of the masses”, Kurukuri Nageswara Rao and his wife Dhana Lakshmi, from Rajam Palem village in Gopalapuram mandal of the district, said they have started the project as per the aspirations of local people.
Gopalapuram ML3 A Talari Venkatrao of the YSRC also attended the ‘bhumi pujan’ ceremony of the proposed temple on Wednesday. The temple would be constructed in a 250 sq yard area with an estimated cost of Rs 10 lakh. The cost of
Jagan’s statue would be about Rs 3 lakh.
Speaking on the occasion, MLA Venkatrao said the temple would be open to people across all faiths. “Temples have been constructed for popular film actors in the past. The chief minister’s family is adored by people of the state. His father, late
YS Rajasekhar Reddy
, had endeared himself to the masses through his padayatra. Now his son too has done the same,” the local legislator said.
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