Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Srisailam Temple Board Approves Dasara Plans and Pilgrim Facilities
The Srisailam temple board met to plan the upcoming Dasara festival.
It approved 18 of the 20 items discussed.
The celebrations will start on October 11.
A special religious ceremony called Sahasra Chandi Sahita Maharudra Homam will be held for the first time during Dasara.
Cultural shows, television broadcasts and decorative lights are also planned.
The board set aside Rs.
3.20 crore to improve another temple.
Pilgrims will not have to pay to use toilets inside the temple area.
The temple will also repair a dormitory, use artificial intelligence with its cameras and manage a petrol bunk directly.
The Srisaila Devasthanam board approved 18 of 20 agenda items at its 11th meeting.
Dasara festivities will begin on October 11, with cultural programmes, live telecasts and illumination works planned.
A Sahasra Chandi Sahita Maharudra Homam will be held during Dasara for the first time.
The board allocated Rs. 3.20 crore for development works at Kolanubharathi Saraswathi Ammavari temple.
To improve pilgrim services, toilet user charges will be removed, dormitory repairs funded and CCTV linked with artificial intelligence systems.
- Who
- The Srisaila Devasthanam Dharmakartha Mandali, chaired by Potugunta Ramesh Naidu and attended by Executive Officer M Srinivasa Rao.
- What
- The board approved 18 of 20 agenda items covering Dasara arrangements, temple development and administrative changes.
- When
- The decisions were approved on Wednesday; Dasara begins October 11, and direct petrol-bunk management begins December 10.
- Where
- Srisailam temple and the adopted Kolanubharathi Saraswathi Ammavari temple.
- Why
- To support universal welfare, improve pilgrim convenience and modernize temple administration.
- Agenda items approved
- 18 of 20
- Dasara start
- October 11
- Special ceremony
- Sahasra Chandi Sahita Maharudra Homam, being organized for the first time during Dasara
- Development allocation
- Rs. 3.20 crore for Kolanubharathi Saraswathi Ammavari temple
- Dormitory repairs
- Rs. 10 lakh for Nandiswara Dormitory
- Toilet charges
- No user charges within temple limits
- CCTV modernization
- All temple cameras will be integrated with artificial intelligence systems
- Petrol-bunk management
- The Devasthanam will directly manage the local IOCL petrol bunk from December 10