Visakhapatnam: Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi temple earned ₹4.54 crore during ‘Margasira masotsavam’, says Executive Officer
The Hindu
VISAKHAPATNAM
Sri Kanaka Mahalakshmi Devasthanam, Burujupeta, has earned ₹4.54 crore during the ‘Margasira masotsavam’, held from November 24 to December 23, 2022.
The revenue was received during the month-long festival, through hundi collection, sale of prasadam, annadanam, darshan tickets, tonsure, donations, sevas and special pujas, temple Executive Officer K. Sirisha told the media here on Tuesday.
The revenue during Margasiramastosavam during 2020-21 was ₹4.22 crore. The revenue registered an increase of ₹31.36 lakh this year compared to the previous year.
The Madras High Court on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, permitted Anna University to deposit, in three monthly instalments, an amount of ₹73.23 lakh before the Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT) as a condition to hear a statutory appeal preferred by the varsity against the Coimbatore Regional Provident Fund (RPF) Commissioner’s order to pay dues to the tune of ₹2.44 crore to contract employees.