Yadagirigutta Lakshmi
Yadagirigutta Lakshmi
Setting: Yadadri Hill Temple (Hyderabad / Telangana).
In English: Yadagirigutta Lakshmi. A Lighted Tales original Telugu horror story, written in Romanized Telugu (Tenglish) with Telangana dialect.
Yadagirigutta Lakshmi
Karunakar: "Anna, neeku vinipisthundha ledha, nijam cheppu. Nenu paranoid kavadam ledhu."
Bhaskar: "Karunakar, naaku vinipinchadam ledhu. Nenu nee venuka rendu adugulu nadusthunnanu, neeku enthi vinipisthundi?"
Karunakar: "Antha exact ga naa step tho match ayyi oka thirmana ga step pedithundi. Nenu agaganey, adi kuda agipothundi. Idhi last 18 days nunchi prathi midnight aarti ki jaragutondi."
Bhaskar oka long second silent ga. Adi 12:14 AM, sannidhanam mundhu corridor, granite cool ga, marigold strings drape chesi unna pillars. Aatani chethilo small steel torch on chesi unnadhi, kaani torch beam ki granite midha rendu shadows mathrame padutunnayi — Karunakar di, atani own di. Mooda shadow ledhu.
Bhaskar Karunakar sannidhi gate vaipu chusi cheppadu, "Sare, idhi serious ga teesukoni nenu Veda Murthy gaariki repati morning report cheyyali. Today night ki mundhu intiki vellipo, naa room lo padukuni. Aarti naenu temporary ga close cheyyichinta."
Karunakar oppukoledu. Aatani last word, "Nenu padukuntey, repu morning aarti aagipothundi. 18 days lo first time aagadam. Ee temple Yadadri renovation tarwatha resume aindi 2022 lo, oka roju kuda aarti miss kaaledhu. Nenu morning ki ekka unta."
Naaku ee story Karunakar's wife Bhargavi nunchi vacchindi, 2025 March lo. Aame Karimnagar lo maa amma's old college junior, 1986 batch. Maa amma 2024 December lo aame ki phone chesinappudu, casual catch-up sambhashana lo aame burst out — "Nirmala akka, mee abbayi horror stories rastharanta, naa husband ki Yadadri lo oka 8-month period lo ento jarigindo, naaku mind out aindi ee story cheppadaaniki, mee abbayi Sai cheyyachu emo." Maa amma aa contact naaku forward chesindi. Phone calls rendu vaaralu, oka physical meeting Hyderabad lo Charminar Hotel coffee shop lo. Tape recording permission tho, kaani peerlu maarchamani aame request — aame husband Karunakar ippudu temple service nunchi voluntary ga step away ayyaru, family privacy maintain cheyyali ani. Sare ani nenu agreed.
Names changed. Plot core same. Yadadri 2022 renovation real ga jarigindi — Telangana government aa temple ki almost Rs 1,800 crore spend chesindi, granite cladding entire ga refurbish chesaru, sannidhanam expand chesaru. Ippudu daily 30,000+ devotees vasthunnaru. Aa context lo, oka 14-year-tenure priest ki ento jarigindi, aa story.
Karunakar Sastry, age 47 the time of these events. Yadadri lo aatani service 2011 nunchi, junior priest ga start, 2018 lo aarti-in-charge promotion. Aatani family Bhuvanagiri side ooru, three generations gudi service. Aatani father 1990s lo aa aa same temple lo service chesaru, retire ayyaru 2009 lo. Karunakar father's footsteps lo nadichindu ane motivation tho velichaadu.
Bhargavi, 43, school teacher, Bhuvanagiri govt high school lo Telugu pandit. Aaru rendu pillalu — daughter Ramya 14, son Praneet 11. Aame husband ki support ga undi, kaani temple's odd hours — midnight aarti, brahma muhurtam puja, pre-dawn abhishekam — vanni aame routine ki adjust ayyayi 14 years lo.
2022 Renovation tarwatha temple structurally maarindi. Old sannidhanam stone work mostly preserve aindi, kaani circumambulation pradakshina path expand aindi, granite slabs new ga laid, brass bell tower add chesaru, donor hall extension. Aa renovation samayam lo Karunakar oka 6-month leave teesukunnaru — pradhana priest team ki disruption ledu ani, junior priests cover chesaru.
Karunakar 2022 December lo back-to-service vacchaaru. Re-consecration rituals 2022 March lo finished ayyayi, regular service June ki resumed. Aatani own duty cycles — morning 4 AM brahma muhurtam abhishekam, 6 AM suprabhatam, 11:30 AM raja bhoga, 6:30 PM ekanta seva, 12 AM sayanotsavam. Aa midnight slot — sayanotsavam — temple ni "rest" lo pettadame, deity ki bedtime ritual. Lights dim chestharu, conch okka saari oodutaaru, oka ghee diya antharbhagam lo edha velipoyetlu, doors close.
Sayanotsavam's official priest list lo Karunakar 4 priests rotation lo first slot. 2024 August nunchi 2025 February vaaraku — almost 6 months — aatani slot continuous ga vacchindi (oka senior priest medical leave, oka inkokaru transfer to Vemulawada). Aa 6 months lo, aa specific footsteps issue start aindi.
Bhargavi naaku aame husband daily journal copies icchindi (Karunakar's habit — temple service start chesinapaattu 2011 nunchi prathi roju oka chinna note book lo events note cheyyali ane discipline). January 2025 entries paths chusinanu.
January 7, 2025. Tuesday.
"Sayanotsavam 12:00 AM. Routine. Conch oka saari. Diya offer. Doors close. Walking back through corridor, naaku oka step echo vinipinchindi naa step venuka. Temple lo ekani — security guard arrival 5:30 AM ki. Naaku initially own echo emo anukunnanu. Granite acoustics."
January 12, 2025. Sunday.
"Same echo. Ee saari count chesa — naa step pattern 4-3-4-3 (long-short-long-short, naa lameness right knee nunchi). Aa echo identical pattern. Echo physics lo, identical reproduction normal kaadu, granite shape ki echo distort ayyali."
January 19, 2025.
"Step count chesa. Sannidhanam door nunchi corridor end ki naa steps 47. Echo 47. Nenu agina, echo rendu beats venuka aagipoindi. Echo evarayina venuka nadusthunnatu undi. Nenu thirigi chusa, evvaru ledu. Torch beam — granite slabs only."
→ Idey theme lo inka oka katha: Saroornagar Rajakiya Samadhi
January 26, 2025.
"Idhi serious. Today nenu deliberate ga oka lopu chesa — corridor mid-point lo agi, namaskaram chesa. Echo namaskaram sound include cheyyaledu, kaani steps resume ayyappudu, 2 beats venuka start. Ante manishi step kaadu, oka pattern follower."
February 2, 2025.
"Veda Murthy gaariki cheppali ani anukunna, kaani Bhargavi naaku oppukoledu — naaku aa awareness exposure ki temple politics lo job risk anddi. Inkokka week wait."
February 9, 2025.
"Today night, oka new development. Footsteps mid-corridor lo, oka ladies bangles light clinking sound included aindi, oka chinna laaga. Naa right ear lo, far-off ga. Bangles, kaani aa sound dropdown, edho oka sambhashana sound conversation pieces broken la. Telugu, kaani words clear ga ledu. Edho aame oka maatlu murmur."
February 16, 2025.
"Bhaskar (assistant priest, 26 yrs) ki cheppa. Aatani next sayanotsavam ki naa venuka 2 steps follow ayyaaru. Aatani feedback — 'Anna, naaku ento vinipinchaledu. Naa step matrame, mee step matrame.' Bhaskar ki vinipinchadam ledu. Naaku matrame."
Aa entry tarwatha, naaku Bhargavi daggara aa journal momentum break aindi — Karunakar ki February 18 lo a personal medical issue — oka mild vertigo episode. Aatani ki temple service two weeks paused aindi. March 4 ki resume.
March 4, 2025.
"Resume after 14 days. Sayanotsavam. Aa footsteps return. Same pattern. Plus today aa bangles sound clearer ga. Plus, naaku 4 AM brahma muhurtam time lo, sannidhanam lo niluchunna mundhu, naa right shoulder ki oka tap feel aindi. Light, kaani definite. Naa thalathippi chusa, evvaru ledu."
March 11, 2025.
"Veda Murthy gaariki ee saari finally cheppa. Aayana 73, 1985 nunchi Yadadri service. Aayana naa opposite ga koorchuni 20 minutes silent listened. Tarwatha aayana naaku oka old book — aayana own father 1960s notes — chupinchaaru. Aa book lo oka entry, 1972 lo, aa same corridor lo oka step-following anomaly oka priest experience chesaaru. Aa priest peru — Sundara Murthy — 1973 lo a heart attack tho passed away same corridor lo, sayanotsavam tarwatha returning."
March 11 entry continued.
"Veda Murthy aayana cheppaaru, '1972 incident gurinchi old archives lo oka detail undi. Aa Sundara Murthy gaariki kalpana lekapoindi — aatani service lo aatani own prarabdham ki oka loop. Aatani family lo aatani thalli, oka wedding ritual lo oka servant girl bangles chala saarlu collected, gold ones, dowry lo include cheyyali ani aame intent — aa servant girl eventually intiki return aaledu, oka river lo drown aindi 1965 lo, aame missing case ela settle aindo telidu. Servant girl peru records lo Anjamma. Sundara Murthy ki ee context teliyadu personally, kaani family lineage ki aa anchor undhi.'"
[KARUNAKAR diary, March 11 continued] "Naaku question, mana family lo ento similar? Veda Murthy aayana naaku slow ga, 'Karunakar, 14 years service tarwatha, naaku ee question ippudu adagal. Mee father chesina service ki naaku shradha. Kaani family lineage ki naaku 1990s nunchi mundu telidu. Aa days lo Yadadri staff small ga, prathi family stories share aytayi. Mee thatha — Karunakar Senior, peru same ga — 1950s lo Bhuvanagiri lo zamindar agent ga pani chesaaru. Aa zamindar landlord-tenant disputes chala. Karunakar Senior records keeper. Aatani signature ki oka case lo oka Madiga family land seize aindi 1958 lo, family head — peru Lachhamma — aame husband suicide chesaaru shock lo. Lachhamma's widow status family ostracization. Aame intiki return aaledu. Bangles wear chesedi aame oka chinna village identification — aa bangles aame body discovery time lo gone, body kuda official ga record kaaledu. Stories matrame. Kaani Lachhamma's son tarwatha 1970s lo oka local priest ki cheppaaru, aa case naa great grandfather ki oka secret guilt anddi.'"
[KARUNAKAR diary] "Naaku breath lopu. Aa bangles sound ki connection. Naa great grandfather, naa father, ippudu nenu — three generations Yadadri service lo, family's own old land-grab ki an unfinished accounting."
March 14, 2025. Friday.
→ Pakkana ee story kuda chadavandi: Bhadrachalam Rama
Karunakar Veda Murthy tho consultation tarwatha, oka small ritual plan chesaru. Aame Yadadri's official priest team ki disclosure ledu — temple administration ki ee story sensitive, public exposure ki avadu. Veda Murthy aayana own private capacity lo guidance ichaaru.
Karunakar Bhuvanagiri velli, aatani own family elders tho conversation chesaaru. Aatani father (75, alive) ki aa Lachhamma case gurinchi konchem teliyadu — aatani own father generations ki konchem story shared, kaani aa son 1990s lo aa story silently buried. Karunakar father aa story confirm chesaaru — Lachhamma family's descendants Bhuvanagiri lo continue, Madiga community lo, ippudu 4-5 households. Karunakar father pension ki ela undo, aa family ki personal ga ento contribution lekapoindi.
Karunakar tho Bhargavi tho discussion. Decision — aa family ki direct compensation ledu (aa concept aa generations lo aa debt's resolution kaadu, oka transactional fix la avuthundi, plus aa family receive cheyyadaaniki ela ani concern), kaani oka sustained moral correction. Bhuvanagiri lo aa Madiga community ki primary school renovation pending, school committee ki Karunakar family commit chesaaru — Rs 4 lakhs over 3 years, plus monthly tuition support 8 community children ki for next 5 years. Plus a private acknowledgment letter from Karunakar's father to Lachhamma's senior surviving descendant, written in Telugu, hand-delivered tho.
Aa letter delivery March 28, 2025 ki happened. Lachhamma's great-grandson, Mallaiah, 68, retired municipality worker. Aatani response, "Babu, manaki gurthu undadam okkati, manaki action teesukundadam okkati. Mee thaatha story nenu naa thatha nunchi vinaa. Memu eppudo expect cheyaledu. Mee letter ki naa response — mee family ki memu aishvaryam, peace anukunaamu. Mana family's next generation lo aa weight lighter ga undali."
March 30, 2025. Sunday. Karunakar's first sayanotsavam aa letter delivery tarwatha.
Karunakar journal entry.
"Sayanotsavam 12:00 AM completed. Conch oka saari. Diya offer. Doors close. Corridor walk back. Step count 47. Echo — naa own footstep echo, granite acoustics' standard reflection. No following pattern. No bangles. No murmur."
April 4, 2025. Friday.
"Continued. 5 days now. Footsteps clean. Naaku oka heaviness lift aindi. Veda Murthy gaariki morning report. Aayana satisfied."
April 13, 2025. Sunday.
Real-world context: Wikipedia — Kakatiya dynasty
"Sayanotsavam tarwatha corridor walk. Echo standard. Kaani oka chinna detail — exit corridor end lo, marigold string oka mid-air ga slow ga sway aindi, ventilation breeze ledu aa moment lo. Naaku symbol la teesukundi. Acknowledgment, peace, release."
Bhargavi tho naaku final phone call April 17 ki. Aame voice, "Sai bhayyaa, ippudu aame sayanotsavam shifts maarchaaru voluntary ga. Aame senior priest position ki step back, advisory role ki transition. Aame ippudu morning slots only. Aame ki aa midnight corridor experience completed aindi, kaani aa direct service nunchi step away cheyaali ani aa decision. Junior priests ippudu midnight handle chesthunnaru. Aame eight months aa service, three generations carrying that family's old debt — Yadadri ki aame contribution full. Ippudu aame evening lo intiki vacchaaru, pillalu tho dinner, normal life."
Bhargavi: "Sai, mee story raasinappudu, peerlu marchu, kaani aa context , three generations debt ki ela individual responsibility carry cheyali, ela family acknowledgment ki ela private compensation kaadu , aa lesson preserve cheyandi. Memu Bhuvanagiri lo school renovation continue chestunnamu. Mallaiah gaariki naaku monthly call aindi. Aatani health well ga undi."
Sai: "Bhargavi akka, peerlu marusta, plot details slightly recompose chestha. Mee privacy primary."
Yadadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple ippudu standard daily routines lo continue. 30,000+ devotees daily. Renovation tarwatha tourism boom. Sayanotsavam priests ippudu 4-priest rotation, slot lengths shortened, midnight corridor walk-back sometimes pair lo cheyaali ani new informal practice. Veda Murthy aayana ippatiki advisory ga, aatani own old archives — Sundara Murthy 1972 entry — temple library lo preserved.
Karunakar morning slots primary, aatani father's house lo evening time spend cheyyali ani plan. Aatani daughter Ramya class 9, son Praneet class 7. Family Bhuvanagiri lo small house lo, weekday routines.
Aa corridor — granite cool ga, marigold strings, brass bell tower — adi standard ga. Pradakshina lo devotees walk chestharu daily. Echo physics ki granite acoustics' standard reflection.
Naaku Bhargavi aame husband audio diary recording (March 14 entry) oka backup file lo unde, naaku permission tho preserve chesaanu. Aa recording lo Karunakar voice oka short reflection, "Naa thaatha records keeper undadam, aatani signature land-grab document lo undadam, aa family's eviction ki direct line of accountability — naaku 50 years tarwatha aa weight feel aindi. Naa father's silence ki naaku resentment ledu — aatani own way of carrying. Memu mukku-mukku lo aa burden ni move chesaamu, oka chinna primary school renovation tho. Adhi ento solve cheyyadam kaadhu, kaani acknowledgment minimum. Aa midnight footsteps stopped, anddi naa relief."
Naaku aa words ki ekkuva carry. Three generations, oka 1958 land-grab, 47 footsteps in a midnight corridor — connections subtle, kaani consequence direct. Bhargavi akka ki naa story published aithe forward chestha, aame ki preview chuse permission undi.
Author's note
Yadadri ki nenu personal ga 2023 December lo velli vacchanu — Sanjana tho weekend, post-renovation chudali ani. Granite work nijam ga stunning — Telangana government aa project ki spend chesina effort visible ga. Memu daytime visit, dharsanam fast track Rs 500 ticket. Sayanotsavam timing memu chudaledhu, kaani aa midnight aarti gurinchi guidebook lo references unnayi. Bhargavi akka tho ee story collaboration 2025 March-April lo — names changed, plot dramatized, kaani family's three-generation burden carrying ki aame husband's lived context naaku oka deep impression ichindi. Bhuvanagiri Madiga community ki school renovation work — aame family's private continuation, naaku mention chesaaru, kaani public ga acknowledge cheyyaledu permission ki out of respect. 1958-era land-grabs chala Telangana villages lo documented ga undayi — ippudu local heritage scholars ki researchable. Mee family lo three-generation old story oka silent anchor ga undadam, ela acknowledge cheyyadu — comments lo share chesondi.
— Sai Kiran · Lighted Tales
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Original Telugu horror fiction. Folk-source material where referenced is public domain.
Modern characters, apartments, companies, and phone numbers are fictional.
Any resemblance to real persons, businesses, or events is coincidental.
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