Tarigonda temple near Tirupati receives golden crown as donation
The Hindu
Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Tarigonda receives princely donation of gold crown worth ₹27 lakh.
Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Tarigonda of Annamayya district, located 110 km from Tirupati and under the umbrella of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), received a princely donation in the form of precious ornaments.
A Chennai-based devotee Vasanta Lakshmi accompanied by her daughter Madhavi and son-in-law Manohar, donated a gold crown weighing 340.930 grams and worth ₹27 lakh to be adorned to the deity of Lakshmi Narasimha.
The ornament was received by temple Superintendent Muni Bala Kumar and priests Gopala Bhattar and Krishna Prasad Bhattar from the donors.
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