The GHMC will organise the next phase of Project Udvasana on November 14, collecting discarded religious items at 12 designated temples across six municipal zones. Citizens can deposit damaged idols, photographs, puja frames and old religious books.
Updated On – 9 November 2026, 02:20 PM
Hyderabad: The GHMC will launch the next phase of Project Udvasana, a citywide initiative combining traditional devotion with environmental responsibility, through a collection drive at 12 designated temples on November 14.
The drive will cover Shamshabad, Charminar, Rajendra Nagar, Golconda, Secunderabad and Khairatabad municipal zones.
Citizens can deposit sacred waste material including photographs, cracked clay or metal idols, damaged puja frames, and old religious calendars or books at the designated temples between 8 am and 11 am.
Identified temples and their location for Project Udvasana:
- Badangpet: Venu Gopala Swamy temple
- Jalpally: Mamidipally Hanuman Temple
- Moosarambagh: Sri Venkateswara Swamy Devasthanam
- Malakpet: Sri Venkateswara Swamy Devasthanam, Tirumala Hills (Asmangadh)
- Chandrayangutta: Sri Devi Devalayam
- Attapur: Sri Spathagiri Venkateswara Swamy Devalayam (Hyderguda)
- Karwan: Sri Vishwanjaneya Bhakta Samajam temple
- Golconda: Seetaramanjaneeya Swamy Devalayam, Ramalayam , Shaikpet and O U Colony
- Khairatabad: TTD Himayat Nagar
- Yousufguda: Sri Sai Baba temple (Kalyan Nagar)
- Kawadiguda: Shree Ramalayam (Jawahar Nagar)
- Amberpet: Mahashivalayam Temple (Kacheguda)
