Naidu wants 5,000 Venkateswara temples in Andhra; Mauritius, New Zealand want theirs, he says

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday (September 16, 2026) proposed building temples dedicated to Lord Venkateswara in cities across the world with sizeable Hindu populations, saying the spiritual and cultural legacy of Tirumala had to be passed on to future generations. The government had already received requests for such temples from countries such as Mauritius and New Zealand, he said.

Reviewing the functioning and development plans of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) with its Chairman and officials, and Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy, he said the government was working to make temples centres of spirituality. He proposed the construction of 5,000 Venkateswara temples across the State under the TTD’s ‘Srivani’ scheme . Old temples would also be renovated, and Srivari Sevaks would be associated with the initiative. More than 12 lakh people had registered as Sevaks across the State so far, he said.