TTD gets 62-acre land for temple in J&K
The Hindu
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), one of the country’s richest independent trusts that manages the famous Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh, will build its first ever temple in J&
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), one of the country’s richest independent trusts that manages the famous Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh, will build its first ever temple in J&K. The J&K administration has approved the transfer of 496 kanal (62 acres) and 17 Marla to the TTD to build a temple and its allied infrastructures. J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha approved the transfer of land for a period of 40 years during a meeting of the J&K administrative council on Thursday.Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
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