Tirumala, June 16 -- Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, accompanied by family members, offered prayers to the Lord Venkateswara here on Monday.
On his arrival, the Union Minister was accorded a grand reception by the TTD Chairman BR Naidu, Additional Executive Officer Venkaiah Chowdary and temple priests and escorted him to the sanctum sanctorum.
Inside the sanctum sanctorum, priests of Tirumala temple explained to the Union Minister about the significance of the Lord and the jewels adorned to the presiding deity.
The Union Minister spent a few minutes praying before the presiding deity of Lord Venkateswara and later reached Ranganayakula Mandapam, where he was accorded Vedasirvachanam by temple priests.
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