Thanga Durai, a devotee of Lord Venkateswara from Chennai, donated a golden sankhu and a chakram to the hill shrine at Tirumala.
About 3.5 kilograms of gold was reportedly used for making the ornaments which the presiding deity might be adorned with. The value of the sankhu and chakaram is claimed to be round ₹2 crore.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Deputy Executive Officer Harindranath acquired the golden sankhu and chakram from Mr. Dural on the temple premises on Wednesday.
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