Ponnam Prabhakar Goud: On the Holi festival, the Komuravelli Mallikarjuna Swamy temple in Siddipet district is more crowded with devotees than any other day. Monday being Holi festival, the same scene unfolded. The entire temple premises became crowded due to the huge influx of devotees. On the other hand, the Brahmotsavam of Swami was also being held, so there was a rush. In fact, it is better not to visit the temples in large numbers during such times. Because if they come to the temples, the authorities have to provide special darshans. At that time there will be trouble for common devotees. But on Monday, the devotees faced a similar problem.
Telangana Minister Ponnam Prabhakar Goud along with his family members visited Mallikarjuna Swamy on Monday. After visiting Swami, the Minister went to Ponnam sanctum sanctorum. At that time the temple authorities stopped the queue line for darshan of the devotees. As it was the summer season.. after waiting for more than hours.. the anger of the devotees broke. Moreover, it took almost an hour for the minister along with his family members to pay their respects to Mallanna Swamy. The anger of the devotees reached its peak as the queue line was stopped till then. In this background, the devotees raised slogans saying “Minister down down”.
Buddhi Srinivas, AEO of the temple, who noticed the seriousness of the situation, responded. “It's over… it's over” he tried to stop the devotees by showing his hands. Still the opposition slogans continue. However, some members of the temple committee covered this by chanting Jai Jai ku Komuravelli Mallanna so that the minister could not hear it. But some devotees took a video of these scenes and sent them to the media representatives. Others posted on social media. Netizens who have seen this video are expressing their anger on Minister Ponnam's behavior. If the queue line is stopped for an hour, the devotees are asking what they want in summer.
