Arasavalli Sun temple will be among India’s major spiritual destinations, says Rammohan Naidu

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Union Minister for Civil Aviation K. Rammohan Naidu and officials at the Arasavalli Sri Suryanarayana Swamy temple in Srikakulam on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Union Minister for Civil Aviation K. Rammohan Naidu on Monday (October 5, 2026) visited the Arasavalli Sri Suryanarayana Swamy temple and said it would become one of the country’s major spiritual destinations once it was developed with ₹55.74 crore under the Swadesh Darshan 2.0 scheme. Along with Collector Swapnil Dinakar Pundkar and other senior officials, he interacted with officials, priests, public representatives and locals at the temple, 2 km from Srikakulam, over its development.

He said the Ministry of Tourism would take up works such as a Sun Experience Centre, a dome structure on the sun deck area, a restaurant, a shopping area and additional facilities under the scheme. He praised the Collector for preparing the detailed project report that led the Ministry to sanction the funds. The Centre has selected 57 destinations across the country under the scheme and sanctioned funds for 17 of them.

Devotees at the entrance of the Sri Suryanarayana Swamy temple at Arasavalli in Srikakulam district, which has been included in the Swadesh Darshan 2.0 scheme | Photo Credit: V.Raju

Mr. Rammohan Naidu said thousands of devotees from other States and abroad would also come to the temple once the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram, on the Visakhapatnam-Srikakulam route, was operational. He said a team of senior Union government officials would visit and make more suggestions for implementing the scheme.

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