Bhoomi Pooja for Sri Venkateswara Swamy Vari Temple Held at Mumbai

"it's a long pending dream come true for the people of Maharastra as very soon Tirupati Sri Venkateswar Balaji temple is going to come up in Navi Mumbai to bless all of us", said the Honourable CM of Maharastra Sri Eknath Sambhaji Shinde.

The Bhoomi Pooja event for the construction of Sri Venkateswara (Balaji) temple took place in the 10 acres of land allotted by the Government of Maharashtra in Ulve at Navi Mumbai on Wednesday. The Honourable Chief Minister Sri Eknath Shine along with the Deputy CM Sri Devender Fadnavis took part in the auspicious event. 

Later the media persons were briefed about the upcoming temple. The CM of Maharastra commenced his conference chanting “Venkatramana Govinda”. Today is a very memorable day for our Maharashtra, as the replica of Tirupathi  Balaji mandir is being constructed in Navi Mumbai soon. Not everybody is fortunate enough to visit Balaji in Tirumala. So the upcoming temple will resolve this longing desire of the people of Maharastra to have darshan of Sri Balaji Venkateswar in Mumbai itself".

Adding further he said, "One more thing is that the 22km longest single bridge of Mumbai Trans harbour link which is coming up shortly is getting connected to Mahalakshmi temple. All these works are taking place with the blessings of Lord Venkateswar. We extend our complete cooperation on behalf of the Government of Maharastra towards the speedy completion of the Balaji temple in Navi Mumbai. I would like to thank TTD Trust Board Chairman, members, officials, Donor, our officials and everyone who have been associated with this divine task", he maintained.

Sri YV Subba Reddy, the Chairman of TTD Trust Board said, On this occasion, I would like to extend my special thanks to the Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy who has advised us to construct a massive temple of Lord Balaji akin to Tirumala temple as it is a longing desire of the people of Maharastra. The temple plan is ready and the CMD of Raymond Group Sri Gautam Hari Singhania has come forward to donate Rs.60-75cr towards the construction of the temple on donation. Besides the temple, Pushkarini (Sacred Temple Water Tank for taking holy dip), Alankara Mandapam (Ritual Hall), Ratha Mandapam, Vahana Mandapam and Four Mada Streets encircling the shrine would also be constructed similar to Tirumala. The entire structure will be built with stone sculpture. This temple will become a reality in Navi Mumbai in less than two years. I thank the Honourable CM Sri Eknath Shinde ji and Deputy CM Sri Devernder Fadnavis ji, the donor Sri Singhania ji and former minister Sri Aditya Thackeray who took the initiative in the allotment of land towards the construction of Sri Balaji temple in Navi Mumbai, he added. 

Speaking to the media, Sri Gautam Singhania said, “It’s a very happy day for me. I have been visiting Tirumala Balaji temple from the past five decades and I am grateful that we are given an opportunity to construct a temple of Lord Venkateswara in Mumbai. This temple will do tremendous good to the people of Maharastra. With the support of everyone we will build this temple with great speed. I thank everyone for giving me this divine opportunity”. 

TTD Executive Officer Sri AV Dharma Reddy, Trust Board members Sri Milind Narvekar, Sri Amol Kale, Sri Rajesh Sharma, Sri Saurabh Bora, CIDCO VC and MC Dr Sanjay Mukherjee, many other IAS and IPS officers and other officials from Government of Maharastra, Superintending Engineer of TTD Sri Jagadeeshwar Reddy and many other officers from TTD were also present.