Two Hyderabad firms donate over Rs 4 crore to TTD-run BIRRD hospital

Two Hyderabad-based firms donated over Rs 4 crore to the Balaji Institute of Surgery, Research and Rehabilitation for the Disabled (BIRRD) under TTD. A devotee from Narasaraopet also contributed Rs 10 lakh to the Annaprasadam Trust at Tirumala’s Sri Venkateswara temple

Tirupati: Two Hyderabad-based companies on Sunday donated over Rs 4 crore to the Balaji Institute of Surgery, Research and Rehabilitation for the Disabled (BIRRD), run by the TTD.

According to a press release from the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, the BIRRD Trust received donations of Rs 2.93 crore and Rs 1.10 crore from two donors.

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“Two Hyderabad-based donors contributed over Rs 4 crore to the BIRRD Trust of TTD,” it said. The demand drafts were handed over to TTD Chairman B R Naidu and Additional Executive Officer Venkaiah Chowdary at the Ranganayakula Mandapam inside the Srivari temple.

In a separate donation, a devotee from Narasaraopet contributed Rs 10 lakh to the Sri Venkateswara Annaprasadam Trust.

TTD manages the Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirumala, considered the richest Hindu shrine in the world.