Flood in 2009
A huge flood occurred in October 2009, in northern Karnataka and bordering districts of Andhra Pradesh. Mantralaya, being in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh was the worst hit by this particular flood. The entire temple town was marooned with the Mutt being submerged in the Tungabhadra up to the top floor. The serving Swamiji of the Mutt and couple of his other aides sought refuge in the top floor till they were rescued by the Karnataka state government through an IAF helicopter.
The hotels/guest houses maintained by the temple and those privately owned were submerged up to the third floor leaving the inmates and residents of the entire town with no option but to seek refuge on terraces. All electric poles were uprooted and connection to the holy city by road, rail and telephone was completely cut-off. Routine rituals, practices and offerings at the temple were resumed much more than a week after the floods. A thorough purification of the temple premises (not the entire temple town) preceded this resumption of regular worship. The Mutt took care of people of Mantaralaya and surrounding flood affected villages and provided them with free food and shelter for more than a month till normalcy was restored.The expenditure was taken care by Mutt itself even though the financial condition of Mutt was severely affected by floods.
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