HYDERABAD: Reacting to the Ramappa Temple earning the Unesco’s World Heritage tag, temple priest Mohanapu Uma Shankar said the path to earning the tag was cleared following the rectification of the temple’s Vastu Dosha.
In 2019, the priest had reported to the officials about Vastu flaws in the centuries-old temple. Shankar said that devotees and tourists were entering the temple from the western gate when they are supposed to enter from the eastern side.
“Devotees used to walk from behind the Sivalinga in sanctum sanctorum even though the entry should be from the east as per the shastra. For past five decades, people have been walking in from the western gate. Soma Sutra Pradakshinam is a way of Sivalinga. People were crossing Soma Sutra from behind while entering the temple. This was rectified a year ago,” he said.
“International recognition has come now as vastu dosha has been rectified. Most of the people now walk from 80 feet road connecting the main road to the temple,” the priest said, adding that the main deity in the temple is Lord Shiva in the form of Rudreswara also known as Ramalingeswar Swamy.
“There are other deities like Mahisasura Mardhini (Durga), Ganapati and Nandi. Most of the sculptures are damaged,” Shankar said.
