Telangana govt to build grand temple, mosque, church, Sikh shrine

Stressing the need to cleanse the Musi River, contaminated by industrial pollutants and sewage discharge, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday vowed to complete the river rejuvenation project and to build a grand temple, mosque, church and Sikh shrines as part of the project.

Speaking after performing ‘bhumi puja’ for the reconstruction of Omkareshwara and Machileshwara (Shiva) temples on the banks of Musi River at Manchirevula here, he said the state government would do ‘Shiva Thandavam’ (meaning taking tough measures) if anyone spreads false information about the project and attributes wrong motives to it.

Besides the grand Shiva temple complex, the government would build a mosque near Charminar, a Sikh shrine with the inspiration of golden temple at Gowliguda where Sikhs live in large numbers and a church at Nagole, he said.