Ramappa to have sculpture institute

HYDERABAD: A traditional stone sculpture institution will be set up at the over 800-year-old Ramappa temple at Palampet near Warangal. TRS MLC Pochampalli Srinivas Reddy, who visited Tirumala on Thursday along with Rajya Sabha MP J Santosh Kumar and MLC Naveen Rao, said a detailed project report will be submitted to chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao about the proposed institution.
Srinivas Reddy said it was with the intention of setting up the sculpture institute that they visited TTD’s stone sculpture production wing at Tirumala.
To develop Ramappa as an international tourist destination, efforts had already begun, he said. “The intention is to set up the stone sculpture institute on the piece of island in the lake at Ramappa temple,” Srinivas Reddy said, adding it would be the ideal location.