Devotee donates over Rs 1 cr to TTD’s Sri Venkateswara Pranadana Trust

A Hyderabad devotee donated over Rs 1 crore to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams’ Sri Venkateswara Pranadana Trust in Tirupati, supporting free treatment for critical illnesses at the Sri Venkateswara Temple

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.

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“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.

Established in November 2001, Sri Venkateswara Pranadana Trust aims to provide free medical facilities to poor patients suffering from life-threatening diseases related to heart, kidneys, brain, cancer and others.

TTD is the official custodian of Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, considered as the richest Hindu shrine in the world.