Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu visited the sacred hill shrine of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple on Saturday (March 21) morning along with his family, marking the birthday of his grandson Nara Devansh.
Accompanied by his wife Nara Bhuvaneswari and son, Minister for IT Nara Lokesh, Mr. Naidu reached the main temple complex through the darshan queue lines. The priests extended the traditional ‘Isti kapal’ temple honours and led him into the sanctum sanctorum where he paid his obeisances to the presiding deity.
The priests rendered Vedashirvachanams on him and his family while the authorities presented him with the memento, calendar, almanac, laddu and theertha prasadams of the deity.
Soon after the darshan, Mr. Naidu along with his family walked to the Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Annaprasadam Complex where he served breakfast to the devotees. Setting aside the security protocols, Naidu at one stage also mingled freely with the pilgrims enroute to the Annadanam complex. Interacting with pilgrims, the Chief Minister sought feedback on facilities provided by the TTD, with many expressing satisfaction over the arrangements. When an enthusiastic pilgrim urged for a faster darshan, he said that avenues are being explored to minimise the waiting time with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Later, the Chief Minister along with his family members also had breakfast at the complex.
On the other hand, Mr. Nara Lokesh donated ₹44 lakh towards the cost of one day’s Annaprasadam service at Tirumala, on the occasion of his son Nara Devansh’s birthday.