Sri Venkateshwara Temple in Tirupati, one of the most revered Hindu pilgrimage sites, witnessed a dazzling spectacle on Friday, August 23, as some devotees arrived wearing an extraordinary 25 kg of gold jewellery. The devotees from Pune wore traditional clothes and donned layers of glittering gold as they went to the temple to seek Lord Venkateshwara's blessings, as PTI reported. VIDEO | Andhra Pradesh: Devotees from Pune wearing 25 kg of gold visited Tirumala's Venkateswara Temple earlier today.
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com/k38FCr30zE Just a day before this golden display, on Thursday, August 22, Telugu film icon Chiranjeevi and his wife, Surekha Konidela, visited Sri Venkateshwara Temple in Tirupati to seek blessings on his 69th birthday. In July, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari visited the Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati. Gadkari offered prayers to Lord Balaji at the Sri Venkateswara Temple.
“I prayed to God to keep the people of our country happy and prosperous. I sought blessings to be inspired and work for the development of the country,” news agency ANI quoted Gadkari. In June, Union Heavy Industries and Steel Minister HD Kumaraswamy also offered his prayers to Lord Venkateswara at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Andhra Pradesh and sought blessings to succeed as a minister in the Union Government, reported ANI .
ANI cited Kumaraswamy saying that he prayed to Lord Venkateswara to provide the.