Visit to Chitragupta temple in Chatrinaka (Old city)

Chitragupta is an important person to Lord Yama who tracks our good and bad deeds. We rarely hear a temple on his name. I was taken aback by surprise when I first heard from my parents and we planned to visit on Sunday. Not sure of exact location, I googled and found that it is far interior into the old city. I never had been so far into old city so it makes it more interesting. We started in the morning around 8:00 on Sunday by car. The route is straight with no diversions from Chaderghat. You have to pass museum, Charminar to reach the temple. The sheep lovers throng road to make their Sunday meal little special. So, occasionally you tend to slow down. We reached temple with no difficulty and looks like it is well connected by public transportation.
The entrance to temple is hugely built with stone and colored with saffron. The temple premise is huge occupied with few families on left when you enter. One can find Hanuman mandir on the right side. The original Chitragupta temple is small but it is extended to accommodate Shiva, Ram and Shirdi Sai temples. The original temple looks like never had a gopuram earlier but built recently in South Indian style. The other gopuram for Shirdi Sai is built in North Indian style. Chitragupta temple has idols of Chitragupta and his two wife’s Iravati and Dakshina. The old style doors and stone still stand out when you get closer to the temple. The dwaja stambam is built in stone and stands erect in the premises.
The temple is built by devotees from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar some 200 years back. But I could not get any more information why these devotees from far way places came to Hyderabad to build this temple. We forgot coconuts and someone in temple suggested a place. The shop keeper quickly recognized and pointed that I am not from the locality. I also noticed that the people from both communities coexist peacefully in the place.
Whatever may be the reason, the temple once again stands as a testimonial for communal harmony in Hyderabad.