KCR the CM of Telangana will remain the history. In a princely offering, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao donated gold ornaments worth around Rs 5 crore to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala.
It was the first of such huge offering ever made by a state government after Independence in the country, to the 2,000-year-old hill shrine, richest in the world. It is rare gesture, not only this he made several offering to other gods also across the states.
He openly agrees that he is a god fearing person and renovated several temples. He follows panchangam, good days and bad days also. He is also interested in Vaastu and that was the precise reason that he was planning to reconstruct the Telangana state secretariat.
After offering worship to the presiding deity Lord Venkateswara this morning, the Telangana Chief Minister handed over a golden garland studded with fossilised shells called “Shaligram Haram” and a multi-layer gold necklace called “Makhara Kantabharanam,” totally weighing about 19 kg and worth about Rs 5 crore to the temple Executive Officer, D Sambasiva Rao this morning.
Later, at the sprawling Ranganayaka Mandapam inside shrine, KCR was honoured with sacred silk cloth and prasadam while the high priests, amid chanting vedic hymns, bestowed blessings on him.
Before leaving for Hyderabad, KCR also offered his obeisance and made a gold offering at the shrine of Sri Padmavathi in Tiruchanur near here, the sources added.
In a brief chat with mediapersons outside the shrine, Rao said he came to the shrine to offer prayers and make the offerings as well to Lord Venkateswara as a fulfilment of his vow.
He opined that both the Telugu states must flourish and the people should be happy. He said that the Telugu people will develop. The issues will be resolved between the states at the earliest.
