Kateel Temple gets spacious parking lot

Kateel, April 16, 2021: The longstanding demand for a spacious parking area at Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari temple has been met finally.

The new spacious parking area right in front of Kateel Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple was inaugurated by Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel today.

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Hundreds of devotees come to offer prayers to Kateelamma every day. One of the problems was the lack of a parking area. Devotees had to park at a distant place and come to the temple. During the Brahmakalashotava held in 2020, the temple administration had purchased about 20 cents land right in front of the temple. This along with the land belonging to the temple was used to carve out a spacious parking lot in about 1 acre land.

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MP Nalin Kumar Kateel inaugurated the parking area in the presence of MLA Umanath Kotian, Temple hereditary trustee K Vasudeva Asranna, Managing Committee, hereditary trustee Sanathkumar Shetty, Kodethurguthu, Heriditary archaks Ananthapadmanabha Asranna, Sriharinarayanadasa Asranna, ZP vice president Kasturi Panja, Taluk Panchayat member Sukumar Sanil and others.

“This is a spacious place. As many as 71 four-wheelers and 140 two-wheelers can be parked in this area. The work has been completed at an estimated cost of ₹92 lakh,” temple hereditary archak Sriharinarayanadasa Asranna told The Canara Post.

Meanwhile, the footpath work completed at an estimated cost of ₹ 37 lakh was also inaugurated.
To help the people waiting for a bus at Kateel Busstand, Charan Shetty of Thirumala Ads, a resident of Attur village near Kateel has provided shelter with sitting arrangements.