MILLIONAIRE GODS AND GODDESSES

By C R Gowri Shanker
Hyderabad, May 1: Like businessmen, gods and goddesses have become crorepathis as as well.

Thirty nine Gods and Goddesses are now in the crorepathi bracket compared to 30 in 2007 (annual income of Rs one crore and above).

Lord Lord Venkateshwara of Tirumala continues to be the richest God in
Andhra Pradesh and the country.

According to TTD Trust Board chairman, Mr D.K. Adikesavulu Naidu TTD revenue was Rs 555 crore while interest on fixed deposits was around Rs 374 crore as against Rs 495 crore last year apart from huge movable and immovable assets
Endowments department listed out 134 Gods and Goddesses having total annual income of a whopping Rs 250 crore (hundi collection) excluding TTD.

Almost every district has one crorepathi god or goddesses apart Lord Venkateshwara of Tirupati.

Some of the top Gods and Goddess in the multi-crore bracket include Brahmarambha
Mallikarjuna Swamy, Srisailam Rs 71 crore gross (assessable Rs 34 crore), Sri
Kalahasteeswara Swamy, Srikalahasti Rs 37.54 crore, Sri Varasiddi Vinayaka Swamy,
Kanipakam Rs 26.26 crore, Durga Malleshwara Swamy, Vijayawada Rs 27 crore, Sri Raja
Rajeshwari Swamy, Vemulawada Rs 14.56 crore, Sri Laxminarasimha Swamy, Yadagirigutta
Nalgonda Rs 16.82 crore, Sri Mallikarjunaswamy, Komaravalli Rs 2.75 crore, Sri Anjaneya Swamy, Kondagutta, Karimnagar Rs 3.88 crore, Sri Gnansaraswathi, Basar Rs 5.34 crore.
Kurnool district has four crorepathi Gods in Brahmarambha Mallikarjunaswamy Swamy,
Srisailam Rs 71 crore (gross while assessable annual income Rs 34 crore), Sri
Mahanandeshwara Swamy, Mahanandi Rs 2.70 crore, Sri Narasimha Swamy Temple, Urukunda Rs 2.09 crore, Sri Raghavendra Swamy, Mantralayam Rs 8.14 crore.

Similarly, State capital Hyderabad too has two Goddesses and two Gods in crorepathi
bracket---Sri Peddamma temple Jubilee Hills Rs 1.91 crore, Yellamma Pochamma Ammavaru, Balkampet Rs 1.48 crore, Sri Ganesh Temple, Secunderabad Rs 1.34 crore and Sri Veera Anjaneya Swamy Temple, Tadbund Rs 1.12 crore.

Almost all districts have one or more crorepathi gods and goddesses barring Ranga Reddy, Medak, Mahabubnagar and Nizamabad which have none.

“Over a dozen temples income have touched Rs 90 lakh plus and they too will be in the crorepathi league by next year,” a senior official said.
Other districts with crorepathi gods and goddesses include:
Srikakulam: Sri Suryanarayana Swamy, Arasavalli Rs 1.13 crore, Vizianagaram: Sri Manasas Rs 1.93 crore, Sri Pyditalli Ammavari Rs 1.18 crore, Visakhapatnam: Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Rs 12.08 crore, Sri Kanamahalakshmi Ammavaru Rs 2.28 crore, East Godavari: Sri Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy Rs 17.03 crore, Sri Talupalamma Ammavaru, Lova Tuni Rs 1.90 crore, Sri Bala Balaji, Appanapalli Rs 1.03 crore.

West Godavari: Sri Venkateshwara Swamy, Dwaraka Tirumala Rs 8.97 crore, Sri Muvullamma Ammavaru, Bheemavaram Rs 1.45 crore while Krishna district has Sri Durgamalleshwara Swamy Rs 26.87 crore, Sri Tirupatamma Ammavaru Rs 2.82 crore, Guntur: Sri Brahmarambha Mallikarjunaswamy Swami Rs 1.81 crore, Sri Trikoteswara Swamy, Kotappakonda, Narasaraopet Rs 1.40 crore.

Prakasam: Sri Malayadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy, Malakonda Rs 1.65 crore, Nellore: Sri Penusila Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Rs 1.89 crore, Kadapa: Pothuluri Veerabhramandra swamy, Kandimallaipalli Rs 1.32 crore.

Anantapur: Nettikanti Anjaneya Swamy, Kasapuram Rs 2.49 crore, Srimath Kadri Lakshmi
Narasimha Swamy Rs 1.40 crore.

Chittoor: Sri Kalahasteeswara Swamy, Srikalahasti, Rs 16.50 crore, Sri Varasiddi
Vinayaka Swamy , Kanipakam Rs 8.94 crore, Sri Boyakonda Gangamma Ammavaru, Diguvapalli Rs 1.44 crore.

Warangal: Sri Mallikarjuna Swamy, Komaravalli Rs 2.74 crore, Sri Sammakka Saralamma,
Medaram Rs 2.54 crore; Khammam: Sri Sita Ramachandra Swamy, Bhadrachallam Rs 7.09 crore, Karimnagar: Sri Raja Rajeswara Swamy, Vemulawada Rs 14.78 crore, Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple, Kondagutta Rs 3.54 crore, Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy, Dharmapuri Rs 1.10 crore.

Adilabad: Sri Gnansaraswathi Ammavaru, Basar Rs 5.34 crore, Nalgonda: Sri Lakshmi
Narasimha Swamy Temple, Yadagirigutta Rs 16.82 crore, Sri Parvati Jadala Ramalingeswara Swamy, Cheruvugattu Rs 1.22 crore.
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