G1-MARVELLOUS  NEW YADADRI-1

By PragyanSharma Polavarapu

Yadagirigutta(new name Yadadri) near to Hyderabad(India) on the Hyderabad-Warangal highway is a great temple loved and revered by people of all neighboring districts since untold generations . The devotion of simple village folks like the farming communities visiting in thousands every day throughout the year is proof about the great reverence in which the god of this hill top temple Lord Narasimha is held since untold centuries . The image of the great god was first discovered centuries ago on the hill top in a deep cave among big boulders . Inside the new latest dazzling Yadadri temple the architects have not in any way disturbed the "original den" formed by the ancient boulders. The architects only securely enclosed and enveloped the original cave with a new outer sculptured temple tower. The new "Yadadri" temple is constructed in an extremely beautiful dazzling classical form like big old south Indian temples . The traditional people of old generations are sure to be delighted seeing the new dazzling Yadadri with its many imposing "Gopurams"(sculptured temple towers) and the long corridors with large number of sculptured pillars. It would surely appear to them for some time as an unbelievable wonder, a real “Maya”! Our families too had been greatly devoted to this temple since last 40 or 50 years. Some of us came from Godavari districts about sixty years ago and settled in Warangal and then moved to Hyderabad. The temple was previously known famously as Yadagiri Gutta. Everybody has still fresh memories of the old "Yadagiri Gutta temple" because the new "Yadadri complex" ,was inaugurated only on 28th of March 2022 i.e. very very recently! It is so unbelievable and wonderful that the dazzling temple complex was inaugurated only in March 2022. (2) I have not yet visited “the new Yadadri”. But I would still say "I have visited “the new Yadadri”. I can say I walked the steps, entered inside the new Yadadri temple, walked near the new Gopurams (the temple towers) and saw the universe-conquering great god almighty in his cave abode enveloped by the new black stone sculptured Gopurams! I saw the great god --Lord Narasimha the angry god who puts fear in the heart of the fiercest villain who dares to oppose him and cuts the villainous person into a thousand pieces if he does not correct himself. This is how I "visited new Yadadri" . I went there "on a virtual journey ", imagining I was riding on the pillion seat of the motorbike of the video journalist. Actually I was sitting in my house before the TV!I travelled (during the virtual journey) on the new six lane highway leading to the temple and passed by the long flower beds and the green bushes . I had this reality-like experience while watching the many videos streaming through the cell phone or cast on to the TV screen. I think that many thousands of people already familiarized themselves with the temple premises-- the heaven-like new Yadadri even without actually visiting the temple but by seeing the "vlogs"(video blogs).The “vlogs” provided every type of view --- the drone view, the hill top view, the view inside the temple , the feeling of walking of long corridors beside the sculptured pillars. It is amusing . The early visitors might feel utterly confused as if visiting an unknown place. There are walls with hitherto unseen sculptures. There are sculptured pillars and beautiful temple towers full of wonderful sculptures. Thanks to the video journalists the new temple has become an old familiar temple! I saw some “vlogs” three or four times to become familiar with the temple premises. The black stone used for the sculptures is called with the beautiful name “Krishna Shila” . I cannot but wonder at the power of electronics technologies --the networking technology, the TCP/IP, von Neumann architecture ,VLSI etc .