Tirupati: A devotee from Hyderabad donated over Rs 1 crore to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Sri Venkateswara Pranadana Trust on Monday.
The donation demand draft was handed over to TTD Additional Executive Officer Ch Venkaiah Chowdary at Ranganayakula Mandapam in Srivari Temple.
“Alluri Verma donated over Rs 1 crore to the TTD Sri Venkateswara Pranadana Trust,” an official release from the temple body said, adding that he is the Managing Director of a Hyderabad-based steel manufacturing company.
Last Wednesday, the TTD received two car donations valued at Rs 19 lakh. Arjun Kollikonda from Tirupati donated an electric car worth Rs 10 lakh on behalf of an automobile dealership, while Saravanan Karunakaran from Tamil Nadu donated a car worth Rs 9 lakh, said an official release from the temple body. Special rituals were performed for the vehicles in front of the Srivari temple, after which the donors handed over the keys to the temple Peishkar Ramakrishna, the release said. TTD is the official custodian of Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, the richest Hindu shrine in the world.
