Tirumala, Dec. 20 -- The Assam Government has decided to allot 25 acres of land in Guwahati for the construction of a Sri Venkateswara Swamy Divya Kshetram by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), against 10.8 acres of land proposed earlier.
The decision marks a major step towards establishing the first Sri Venkateswara temple in Northeast India, TTD said in a release here on Saturday.
The enhanced land allotment follows correspondence between the Chief Ministers of Assam and Andhra Pradesh.
Responding to a request from Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma accorded in-principle approval for the allotment at Guwahati itself and also agreed to extend financial support for deve...