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★1.0Wrote on 25 Dec 2023
Horrible experience. go with min expectation....senior citizen unfriendly, lacks even toilets and basics
Visited with family in DEC'23. Overall experiene - Horrible...my advise...go with ZERO expectations. Yadadri temple construction had been hyped for the last 5-7 years but the output is like a large money spent with little or no thought for Devotee experience, comfort or convenience. Agreed on religious places, all this is NOT that important and prime importance to be given to Divinity but you also expect basics (if not super top) of convenience, so that you can concentrate on God. Yes. The TRS govt has spent and made the kshetram a presentable one but it is thoroughly mismanaged, corrupt to the core and above all, zero common sense from administration. This review is a must read, for anyone, who is traveling with old people who can't climb or walk up. Let us begin with the road from Hyderabad. This one is a real good one, piggybagging on the national highway to Warangal for the most part. The road is beautifully finished and well maintained 2x2, with pleasant viewing on sides. Once you are in the outskirts of Hyderabad, it is a pleasure ride. The only con is that no thought is given to a prominent eatery with toilet anywhere enroute. Once you reach the foothill on Yadadri, the mismanagement begins. If u want to take ur vehicle up the hill, they collect a steep fee of 500 but to collect that, they take an enormous time. We spent 1 hour in the Queue amidst all the honking, dust and shouting. When we got to the head of the Queue, I was curious to see what is causing the delay. Nothing but the loot. Policemen were behaving arrogantly and blocking vehicles for no reason, simply hurling abuses on everyone. The irate crowd of drivers, bystanders were pushing each other with regulators feeling that they have immense power by stopping and abusing. Hardly 20 cars were ahead of us but took an hour to cross the 500 hafta vasool spot. Then you climb up to reach the parking on top. What greeted us was one of a scene of a village/town bus stand out of 70s.....the whole place was full of chaos, with buses, cars and people milling and getting on the top of each other. Finally we got off and the 1st thing we realized that there is no toilet, except the plastic shed with stinking ugliness, mud...they collect 5 Rs for usage but the is this what Telangana govt can provide, after all the hype of Yadadri beeing Tirupati equivalent ? Horrible, it was.... We had booked the only option of Rs 150 darshan ticket that was available online. There was no way to find where we had to go...no boards...no info....u have to climb up again and we desperately looked for a means, since one in our party couldn't climb. A battery car showed up and by the time, we got to our senses, it was full...waited for another 15 mins, before another showed up and this time, we were ready to elbow our way in. Amidst all the pushing, showing, shouting, we somehow secured a couple of places for the elderly. It is a small ride up but we realized that there was no place to leave our footwear now. That we should have done downstairs is what people said. Imagine, the 95% crowd walking up without the footwear. Is this what Telangana govt could plan after all these years, and crores. It was a mess...somehow we took our chances and hid the footwear in some bushes and went. Now came a new nightmare. They said, the online booking won't work and we have to get a print out from PRO office downstairs...somehow, we talked our way to get in amidst all the pushing, shoving, yelling......then, came the task of depositing mobiles, which somehow was accomplished. Once you are in the temple complex, you can see where all the spending has gone in. First is the complex is airconditioned, with beautiful chandeliers, lighting, greeting u.....then, u realize that the main moorthy is downstairs and one has to climb down slowly. If you had someone, who can't do that, God save u....the Queue started moving after a bit of time, and we finished the Darshan quickly. The archana was performed (Rs600) for the Utsava moorthy and then, somehow we miraculously located the lift up. We took our chance and ended upstairs that led to a side exit and the pathway took us to a gated barrier. We had wait and request the temple staff and after much pleading they opened the gate to let us out. In all this, we did not see a prominent board for Prasadam counter. The whole experience was horrible...from entrance to footwear, toilet, lift, prasadam...everything is mismanaged. Have minimum expectation and be prepared for unorganized, mad rush everywhere..
