Sri Kalahasti Gopuram collapsed

Thursday, 27 May 2010 06:48

Written by Staff Reporter

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Sirkalahasthi May 26: Gali Gopuram of famous Sri Kalahasti Temple was collapsed on yesterday around 8.00pm to the dismay of devotees. Gali Gopuram was built as a symbol of victory when Srikrishna Devarayulu won the battle against Gajapathi kings. The seven storied 136 feet tall 500 year old ancient structure that was built by Raja Sri Krishna Devaraya, has developed cracks some ten years ago, while doing excavation work with heavy machinery for constructing the Sanakara Muni complex near by it.

The temple authorities have shown a gross negligence by allowing the civil contractor to make holes in this ancient structure for erecting a temporary scuff-folding to facilitate civil works of the complex, with which the structure further developed cracks. This incident occurred as soon as red zone was declared, said the Minister.

The heavy rains during recent Leila cyclone weaken the structure and finally bring down this marvellous structure to ground level on yesterday. There were hundreds of such great structures spread across our country counting their last days, only because of the negligence of people and the concerned authorities.