How To Become a Volunteer At Vijaywada Kanakadurga Ammavari Temple

Volunteer At Vijaywada Kanakadurga Ammavari Temple

Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Varla Devasthanam on Indrakeeladri, Vijayawada, is the temple of Goddess Kanakadurga Ammavari Temple. The Devasthanam’s official site (kanakadurgamma.org) has a “Volunteer (Sevadars)” page, and the temple uses volunteers to manage crowds of pilgrims.

Why volunteers are used

The New Indian Express reported on 12 February 2026 that the Devasthanam decided to use volunteer services on the lines of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. The temple’s Executive Officer said it sees an average footfall of 30,000 to 40,000 devotees on normal days and 50,000 to 70,000 on weekends.

How volunteer registration works

According to the same report, the temple launched a mobile application, “Ammavaari Seva”, for volunteer registration and attendance monitoring. Devotees who want to give free service were advised to download the app from the Google Play Store and register. The report says volunteers can manage their profiles, view service history and check their service status, and that attendance is recorded by administrators using a QR-code system.

Earlier versions of this page listed an age limit, identity-document and photograph requirements and a no-accommodation rule for a “Bhakta Jana Seva” scheme. Those requirements could not be confirmed on the Devasthanam’s current website and may have changed with the move to the app, so they have been removed. Read the conditions on the official volunteer page or in the app before applying.

Where volunteers are posted

The New Indian Express report lists these duties:

• Queue line management
• Anna Prasadam distribution
• Prasadam counters
• Collection of devotee feedback
• Online service counters
• Supply of drinking water to pilgrims
• Queue management at sub-shrines

The same newspaper (7 December 2025) reported the Endowments Commissioner directing that volunteers be used for Anna Prasadam distribution, drinking water supply and aid to the elderly and people with disabilities during the Bhavani Deeksha relinquishment at Indrakeeladri. The Hans India reported that 750 NSS volunteers and 100 Youth Red Cross volunteers from colleges in NTR district worked in three shifts at the temple during the Dasara celebrations, on the District Collector’s instructions.

Temple, sevas and contact

The Devasthanam’s site lists the deities as Sri Kanaka Durgamma, Sri Malleswara Swamy, Sri Valli Devasena Sametha Subrahmanya Swamy and Sri Nataraja Swamy. For paid sevas see our page on the Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Sevas. Official contact details on the Devasthanam site: telephone (0866) 2423500 / 600, toll-free 18004250999, email [email protected].

To Register:  https://kanakadurgamma.org/volunteer/

Postal Address: Sri Durgamalleswaraswamy Varla Devastanams, Indrakeeladri, Kanakadurganagar, Mallikarjunapeta, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh 520001, India.