App-based online seva-booking launched at select temples

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday launched an app-based online seva-booking service that will be rolled out in 52 Muzrai temples from Wednesday.

"Citizens can book a seva online. A few temples had this facility already. In the last one year, the Kukke Subrahmanya Temple had 32,000 Sarpa Samskaras via online booking. In the Kollur temple, some 3,000 sevas were booked online. In Chamundeshwari temple, sevas worth Rs 49 lakh were booked online," Muzrai Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said.

The government’s original plan was to provide e-darshan and send prasadam through postal service. "No decision has been taken on live-streaming yet. The main temples of Kukke Subrahmanya and Kollur Mookambika are resisting going live. We will live-stream other temples, but after some time," a Muzrai official said.

The app-based service is available in the following temples: Sri Mookambika Temple in Kollur; Kukke Sri Subrahmanya Temple; Renuka Yellamma Temple in Saundatti, Banashankari Temple and Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple in Bengaluru among others.

During the meeting, Yediyurappa directed officials to start work on developing seven acres of land belonging to the state government at Tirumala. The government wants to construct facilities for pilgrims there at a cost of Rs 200 crore.