Ministers, officials in the gondolas during the trial run at Sholingur on Thursday 
Tamil Nadu

Rope car trial run to Sholingur temple a success

The trial run of the rope car to Sri Lakshminarasimha Swamy temple atop the 705-foot hill in Sholingur town in Ranipet district was successfully conducted on Thursday.

DTNEXT Bureau

Vellore: Handlooms Minister R Gandhi after flagging off the trial, along with Collector D Baskara Pandian, ascended to the hilltop temple in the new facility.

Later officials said that the eight gondolas (4 up and 4 down) would take 4 minutes to reach the hilltop. Each gondola has a capacity to carry 4 persons. A total of 400 devotees could use the facility every hour, they said and added that two committees, comprising members from Chennai IIT, Anna University’s structural engineering department, Tangedco, PWD (buildings) and HR & CE, would certify the worthiness of the rope car after a two-week trial run between 8.30 am and 6 pm daily.

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