Telangana CM's offering to Andhra temple to fulfill his vow
Vijayawada, June 28: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday offered diamond nose-stud to Goddess Kanakadurga in this Andhra Pradesh city to fulfil his vow.
Rao, who reached the Gannavaram airport in a special aircraft from Hyderabad, was received by Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Minister Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao and other senior officials.
KCR, as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief is popularly known, reached Indrakeeladri by road and offered prayers at the Kanakadurga temple.
Priests accorded traditional welcome to the Chief Minister and others accompanying him. After participating in various rituals, he offered the diamond nose-stud weighing 11.29 grams to the goddess on behalf of the state government.
KCR was accompanied by his wife Shobha Rao, daughter-in-law Shailima, other family members, Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy, Endowments Minister Indrakaran Reddy, Rajya Sabha member K. Keshava Rao and some senior officials. They later returned to Hyderabad.
During the agitation for statehood to Telangana, the TRS chief had vowed to offer gold to some prominent temples if Telangana State was formed.
With Thursday's visit to Vijayawada temple, he has made offerings to five major temples in both the Telugu states since the formation of Telangana State in 2014.
Last year, KCR had visited the famous Tirupati temple and offered jewellery worth about Rs 5.59 crore to Lord Venkateswara Swamy on behalf of the Telangana government.
Earlier, he made similar offerings to Bhadrakali and Veerabhadraswamy temples in Telangana.
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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
