Founder Trustee

The service, vision and family legacy behind the renewal of the Sri Adi Narayana Swamy Temple at Kodakanchi.

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In Service of the Lord and the Village

Sri Allani Ramoji Rao

Aalaya Founder Trust Chairman · Sri Adi Narayana Swamy Devalayam

The temple's own signboard at the entrance names Sri Allani Ramoji Rao as Aalaya Founder Trust Chairman — the founder of the trust that cares for this thousand-year-old kshetram today.

His family name carries the temple's oldest memory. The founding tradition of Kodakanchi records that the Lord appeared in a dream to Ramoji Rao, a descendant of the Allani line, and told him that his idol lay in the forest of Mambapur; that a Garuda waiting at his door before daybreak led the family to the murti in an anthill; and that the Lord then rose of his own accord upon the hill at Kodakanchi, where Ramoji Rao built him a temple and settled the order of worship after the manner of Kanchi. A thousand years later the same family still carries the responsibility.

The temple regained much of its former glory after a major renovation carried out in recent years, and it now receives thousands of devotees each year during the annual Brahmotsavam.

Family Allani vamsam of Kodakanchi
Role Aalaya Founder Trust Chairman
Trust Chairman Sri Allani Ramoji Rao

Note for the trust: the name and designation above are taken from the temple trust's published notice and from press coverage of the Brahmotsavam. Send the office a full biography and dates of service and this page can be completed.

“Kanchi ki vellalekapoyina, Kodakanchi ki vellali” — even if you cannot go to Kanchi in your lifetime, go to Kodakanchi. — The saying that gave this kshetram its name

The temple signboard naming Sri Allani Ramoji Rao, Aalaya Founder Trust Chairman

Family Legacy

A Thousand Years of the Allani Vamsam

At Kodakanchi the temple and one family have been bound together since the beginning — not for three generations, but for a thousand years.

It was to a son of the Allani line, Ramoji Rao, that the Lord is said to have appeared in a dream about a thousand years ago, directing him to the idol lying in the forest of Mambapur. He it was who followed the Garuda to the murti, who built the temple on the hill where the Lord rose of his own accord, and who decided that worship here would follow the order of Kanchi. Everything that stands on this hillock today grew from that.

The family has never let go of that duty. The temple's signboard names Sri Allani Ramoji Rao as Aalaya Founder Trust Chairman, and press coverage of the annual Brahmotsavam quotes him on the arrangements made for the devotees' darshan — special buses from Patancheru, drinking water and health camps through the ten days of the festival.

Remembering the Elders

The trust records with gratitude the names of every family and devotee whose service sustained this temple. If your family contributed and is not yet recorded, please write to the temple office so the archive can be corrected.

Vision & Mission

The Path Set for the Temple

The principles that guide the trust's decisions today.

Our Vision

That Sri Adi Narayana Swamy Temple at Kodakanchi be recognised and cared for as the living heritage kshetram of Telangana Kanchi — its worship uninterrupted, its traditions unaltered, and its doors open to every devotee without distinction.

Our Mission

Conduct the daily nitya puja and the festival calendar strictly according to the Vaishnava agama.
Preserve and restore the temple's stonework, sanctum and shrines with traditional materials and craft.
Provide clean, safe and dignified facilities for pilgrims.
Sustain annadanam and support for the poor of the surrounding villages.
Teach the young the chanting, music and rituals of the tradition.
Maintain transparent accounts of every contribution received.

Contributions

Contributions to Temple Development

Work carried out under the guidance of the Founder Trustee. (EDITABLE — adjust to the actual projects completed.)

Sanctum Renovation

Restoration of the garbhagriha and vimanam using traditional stone and lime work, with the samprokshanam performed on completion.

Garuda Shrine

Rebuilding and consecration of the Garuda shrine facing the sanctum, in keeping with agamic prescription.

Revival of Brahmotsavam

Restoration of the nine-day annual Brahmotsavam with its full sequence of vahana sevas and the Rathotsavam.

Annadanam Hall

Construction of a kitchen and dining hall so that prasadam and annadanam can be served to devotees on festival days.

Pilgrim Amenities

Queue lines, shaded waiting areas, drinking water, lighting, sanitation and parking for visiting devotees.

Veda Pathashala Support

Support for the training of young archakas and for the teaching of Vedic chanting to the children of the village.

Continue the Work

The temple's development depends entirely on devotees. Your contribution towards renovation, annadanam or the daily worship carries that legacy forward.

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