mysuru the male mahadeshwara temple atop mm hills a muzrai temple suffered a loss of rs 50 crore last year as most of the utsavs and jathra celebrations were cancelled due to the lockdown and the pandemicthe temple grossed the second highest revenue among muzari temples after kukke subramanya in dakshina kannada district in 2019 the temple was closed in the last week of march and opened on june 8sources told toi that as a handful of devotees and vips were allowed to enter the shrine during festival occasions the entry of devotees for major jathras and utsavs were restricted the temples revenue collection was rs 25 crore as against rs 78 crore in the previous year the hundi collection which was counted twice totalled rs 35 croreksrtcn which used to ply over 150 buses during shivaratri ugadi deepavali jathra celebrations amavasya and other festivals has also suffered a loss of rs 6 croremale mahadeshwara hills development authority secretary jayavibhavaswamy told toi that the authority that earlier devotees from across karnataka tamil nadu andhra pradesh and kerala used to flock the temple in large numbers the district administration not only restricted the entry for devotees to mm hills but also other major jathras and car festivals at chikkallur br hills gopalaswamy betta huluganamaradi and kesturbandi street vendors who used to make a living in such festivals were the worst affected from the pandemicmeanwhile the decision of the district administration to allow conventions by political parties where large number of people took part violating all covid19 norms while restricting the entry of devotees to major temples drew flak from people of the district