Amravati: The person who completely destroyed the Abhaya Anjaneya Swamy temple in Andhra Pradesh's Annamayya district turned out to be a priest who has been arrested by the police. The accused priest Harinath Yadav, who shook the foundations of this Hanuman temple located in the middle of the forest, had also planted explosives in the basement of the temple.

However, he failed to explode any of them. This small temple of Hanuman ji has separated from the ground and has tilted to one side. The main gate of the temple as well as the idols of gods and goddesses kept in it have also been damaged. The accused Harinath Yadav is a priest of another temple in this district and this crime has been committed due to rivalry over the offerings and revenue of the temple.

CM had given instructions to take action

According to the police, explosives were planted in the basement of this temple located in the forest area of ​​Kadirnath Unikota, but after failing to explode it, the structure of the temple was completely damaged by excessive vandalism and digging in the sanctum sanctorum. This incident has caused great anger among devotees and various Hindu organizations, so Andhra Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu asked the police to immediately arrest those involved in this act.

There was a disagreement over income sharing

In this regard, Abhay Anjaneya Swamy temple priest Vidyasagar filed a report. When the police investigated the matter, this shocking information came to light. District SP V. Vidyasagar Naidu said that the priest of Abhay Anjaneya Swamy temple had differences with Harinath Yadav, priest of another temple Kanugunda Swamy temple, regarding sharing of the temple's income.

The accused wanted to take control of the temple

Harinath Yadav wanted to take control of the Abhaya Anjaneya Swamy temple for the temple's income, but the priest Vidyasagar did not agree to this. Later, Harinath Yadav, with the help of five others, broke the temple with various tools. These accused have been identified as Harinath, Maheshwar Reddy, T. Lakshminarayana, B. Raghavendra Cherry, Chakivelu Madhu and Sheikh Ilahi.