Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will meet the CM of AP Narachandra Babu Naidu by this month it is reported. KCR would be going to the TTD by this month end with the gold ornaments to be offered to Lord Balaji as part of achieving the state of Telangana.
Earlier KCR was in Andhra for the foundation laying ceremony of AP state capital Amaravathi along with the PM Narendra Modi. Later he met Chandrababu at his official residence in Vijayawada and also had lunch with him. Now he is planning to have a meeting with Babu after the Tirumala visit. After TTD darshan he will also go to the Padmavathi temple.
KCR has decided to donate gold ornaments worth Rs 5 crore to Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala.
The making of the gold ornaments including Golden Saligrama Haram and Golden Kante (necklace) which the Telangana government wanted to donate has been completed. Three more ornaments will be ready within two weeks.
According to sources, both the ornaments were made in such a way that they reflect the rich Telangana tradition and culture. The Saligrama Haram weighing about 14.900 kgs is worth about Rs 3.7 crore while the five-rows Kante weighing 4.650 kgs costs about Rs 1.2 crore.
It may be recalled that the TRS supremo K Chandrashekar Rao vowed to donate the ornaments at the time of election to the newly formed Telangana State in 2014, if he came to power.
Following the resounding victory of the TRS and the subsequent elevation of Chandrashekar Rao as the Chief Minister of Telangana, the Telangana government contacted the TTD authorities on the donation of ornaments to Lord Venkateswara.
The Telangana State government entrusted the whole task of making the gold ornaments including purchase of gold, design and manufacturing to TTD and deposited Rs 5 crore in the TTD treasury a few months back.
Accordingly, the TTD floated tenders for making the gold ornaments in which three gold firms competed. Among them, the TTD finalised Keerthilal Kalidoss Jewelers, Coimbatore, in Tamil Nadu.
Tirumala temple sources revealed that the ornaments were meant for adoring Moolavirat the presiding deity of Tirumala temple.
