Rs.45 crore crown offered to Lord Venkateswara

June 11, 2009

BY AMUDALA SATYANARAYANA

Tirupati, June 11, 2009 (Tirupatitimes.com)

A two and half foot high diamond studded golden crown weighing about 34 kg worth about Rs.45 crore was offered to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala near here by an industrialist turned politician from Karnataka tonight.

Temple sources said that the Tirumala temple had received several hundreds of huge offerings worth ranges from several lakhs to about 10 crore during this century but today's offering was the costliest.

After performing the weekly celestial bath (Abhishekam) to the Lord on Friday, the princely crown would be adorned to the presiding deity at the sanctum sanctorum of the over 2000 year old shrine, the sources said.

The ardent devotee of Lord, Mr. Gali Janardhan Reddy who is minister for Tourism with the Government of Karnataka and promoter of Brahmani Industries Limited , an integrated steel plant being set up in Jammalamadu in Kadapa district of Andhrapradesh , has handed over the mega offering to the TTD Chairman, Mr. D.K.Adikesavulu Naidu and the TTD Executive Officer, Mr. K.V. Ramanachari at the shrine, the sources said.

Before offering the crown, Mr. Janardhan Reddy and their family members have taken out the crown in procession along with the daily procession of Utsav deities Lord and his divine consorts around the hill temple this evening.

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