GOLDEN “PADMAPEETHAM” DONATED TO AMMAVARU
Tirumala, 17 November 2014: With just a day to go for the annual brahmotsavams of Sri Padmavathi Ammavaru at Tiruchanoor, Sri City Managing Director Sri Ravisanna Reddy along with his friend Sri Balaji Ramamurthy donated a gold plated “Padmapeetham” to the deity on Monday.
Tirumala JEO Sri KS Sreenivasa Raju received this donation in Sri Krishna Mandapam at Tiruchanoor temple. Talking to media persons, the JEO said, the worth of this golden platform is around Rs.32.20lakhs and one kilo of gold and 40kilos of copper have been used to prepare this “Padma Peetham”, he added.
He said this will be used during the procession of Ammavaru in Tiruchi vahanam.
Later the donors had darshan of Goddess Padmavathi Devi. Temple Sp Gr Dy EO Smt Chenchu Lakshmi, VGO Sri Ravindra Reddy, AEO Smt Nagarathna and others were also present.
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