Silvester D'Souza

Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapura

Kundapura, Jan 21: Hindu Religious Endowment Department and Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy visited the Kota Amrutheswari Temple.

On this occasion, the minister was welcomed by the temple authorities and was apprised about the glory of the Kshetra.

A special pooja was offered to the goddess and prasadam was also offered. The development work of the temple was pending and the department was requested to provide suitable financial grant.

The minister said that appropriate action will be taken in this regard in the coming days.

MLC Manjunath Bhandari, Temple management committee ex-chairman Anand C Kunder, religious endowment department district officer Prashant Kumar Shetty, Kota Block Congress president Shankar Kunder, local leaders Chandra Acharya, Ganesh Nellibettu, Subhash Shetty, Dinesh Bangera, Parampalli Ravindra Aitala, Devdas Bangera, Rajesh Nellibettu, Devendra Ganiga, Raghavendra Y.B., Ganesh Pujari, Suresh Pujari, Ratnakara Sriyan, priests and managers of the temple were also present.