The Telangana government has sanctioned ₹1,108.27 crore for developing the Sri Omkareshwara Swamy Temple complex at Manchirevula on the Musi riverbank near Hyderabad, along with a six-lane approach road intended to improve access to the planned religious and riverfront destination.
The project will be developed across eight acres in Manchirevula village in Gandipet mandal, bordering Narsingi and Kokapet. The government plans to position the complex as Dakshina Kashi, with the overall allocation divided between the temple development and road connectivity works.
Of the sanctioned amount, ₹948.65 crore has been earmarked for the temple complex and ₹159.62 crore for the approach road. The proposed road will be about 2.5 km long and 100 feet wide, with six lanes. It will connect the Greyhounds and Young India Police School areas to the temple complex and link it with the road network along the Musi riverfront.
The temple complex is planned to include a 100-foot Lord Shiva statue on the Musi riverbank and a 100-foot Galigopuram. The statue will be surrounded by landscaped parks, while boating and other recreational facilities have also been proposed. The complex will include multiple mandapams and a Vimanam, or the tower above the sanctum sanctorum, measuring 14 feet in length and width and 64 feet in height.
The Musi Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (MRDCL) has designed the project. The works will also cover the ancient Veerabhadra Swamy temple and the nearby Machileshwara temple, which is believed to be more than 1,400 years old. According to the municipal administration and urban development department, preservation of these heritage structures will be prioritised during the development process.
The scale of the allocation places the temple project within the wider pattern of planned investment along the Musi riverbanks. Apart from the Sri Omkareshwara Swamy Temple at Manchirevula, a mosque near Puranapul, a gurdwara at Gowliguda and a church at Nagole have also been proposed along the riverbanks. The announcement therefore combines religious infrastructure, road access, recreational facilities and riverfront development in multiple parts of Hyderabad.
The state government has constituted a technical committee to guide the development of the Sri Omkareshwara Swamy Temple. The committee will examine the designs, Detailed Project Reports and tenders before the works proceed. The roads and buildings engineer-in-chief will chair the committee, while the public health engineer-in-chief will serve as co-chairperson and the MRDCL chief engineer will be the convener.
The committee will also include the endowments department’s chief engineer, a temple architecture expert and the additional secretary of the finance department. Its composition brings together roads, public health, endowments, finance and riverfront development officials, along with specialist architectural input.
The immediate implementation milestones are the preparation and review of the Detailed Project Reports, finalisation of designs and processing of tenders under the technical committee’s oversight. The sanctioned road is expected to provide the principal new approach to the temple complex from the surrounding institutional and residential areas.
