Governor Offers Prayers in Tirumala Temple

Tirumala, 5 Dec. 18: The honourable Governor of twin Telugu states Sri ESL Narasimhan offered prayers in the temple of Sri Venkateswara Swamy in Tirumala on Wednesday.

Following the temple tradition, he first went to Swamy Pushkarini and then to Sri Bhu Varaha Swamy temple before visiting Tirumala shrine. He was accorded warm welcome with traditional Isthikaphal honours and received by TTD EO Sri Anil Kumar Singhal along with Tirumala JEO Sri KS Sreenivasa Raju.

After offering prayers in the sanctum sanctorum he was rendered Vedasirvachanam by vedic scholars in Ranganayakula Mandapam. 

Later the EO presented him theertha prasadams, lamination photo of lord along with 2019 TTD diaries and calendars.

Speaking to media outside temple he expressed his immense satisfaction of having darshanam of lord venkateswara after a gap of one year. He said, after Maha Samprokshanam, the temple assumed a grand new look. He also lauded the efforts of TTD officials for their pilgrim initiative measures from time to time.

The new changes brought in the temple to showcase architectural marvel of the temple by removing glass and brass partitions has won the appreciation of the pilgrims, he added.

CVSO Sri Gopinath Jatti, Urban SP Sri KKN Anburajan, Temple DyEO Sri Haridranath, Peishkar Sri Ramesh and others were present.