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Andhra Pradesh
Plea for reconstruction of mandapam
VISAKHAPATNAM,
DEC. 17.
A number of people at a public hearing on the controversy surrounding the 1,000-pillar mandapam in Tirumala made a forceful argument for its reconstruction and opposed the construction of the fourth mahaprakaram before the three-member committee, headed by P.V.R.K. Prasad, and members, A. Chengappa and Y. Chakradhara Rao, all retired IAS officers.
Their contention centred mainly around the heritage value of the mandapam, its religious importance, natural affinity to the temple and attachment of the pilgrims and how its removal hurt their sentiments.
The speakers gave more importance to the primacy of the sthala (place) and holiness of the sannidhanam. Some drew parallels between the significance attached to structures and symbols of religion.
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