Tirupati: Two US-based NRI entrepreneurs have made a donation of Rs 14 crores to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh on Friday, a temple official said.
The devotees, who are friends and wished to remain anonymous, made the offering on the auspicious day of Goddess Sri Varalakshmi Vratham festival, the official said.
2 NRIs offer Rs 14 crore donation to Lord Balaji temple After offering prayers with their family members at the cash-rich hill shrine, they handed over a demand draft for Rs 14 crore to A V Dharma Reddy, the Special Officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), that governs the over 2,000-year-old temple, said the temple official.The devotees requested the temple officials to use the funds for different TTD-run public welfare trusts.
This is the second straight year the two have made a similar offering.
In July last year, they had donated Rs 13.5 crore to the shrine with a request to use it for different TTD trusts, the official added.
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