Overview

• EO L. Rama Devi remains in stable condition in hospital after fainting during an assault by villagers in Purushothapatnam on July 8.
• The Andhra Pradesh High Court’s order to restore the temple’s roughly 890 acres in Purushothapatnam has yet to be implemented.
• Temple authorities say police and revenue officials from both states have failed to protect the property from decades of unauthorized occupation.
• Telangana’s Endowment Minister Konda Surekha condemned the violence and threatened to invoke the Preventive Detention Act against encroachers.
• Devotees have stepped up demands for immediate state intervention to secure the culturally significant lands for the Sri Seetha Ramachandra Swamy Temple.