Film producer donates Rs 5 lakhs to annadanam

Vijayawada, Sept 21 :

 Noted film Producer Ashwinidath on Monday donated Rs 5 lakhs to the Nitya Annadanam Scheme of Sri Durga Malleswara Saswatha Annadanam Trust, Vijayawada. The film Producer donated this amount in the form of cheque was received by the officials of Sri Durga Malleswara Saswatha Annadanam Trust, Vijayawada.

Aswanidath and Lok Sabha member Rayapati Sambhasiva Rao visited the temple on Indrakeeladri Hill to seek blessings of Goddess Kanakadurga,  adorned as Annapurneshwari Devi, on the fourth day of the Dasara festival on Monday. Thousands of pilgrims moved switly in the queue and there were, by and large,  no complaints from devotees about any sort of inconvenience during their pilgrimage.

However, complaints are pouring in from public on the introduction of Rs 200 special darshan ticket. People alleged that the temple authorities were allowing some ‘influencial’ people without checking the tickets properly. The deity in the Kanaka Durga temple is regarded as Swayambhu or self-manifested hence is considered very powerful. It is said that Adi Sankara visited this temple and installed the Sri Chakra here.