Distributes chocolates to devotees and interacts with common devotees
TIRUMALA, NOVEMBER 21, 2025: President of India Droupadi Murmu offered prayers at Lord Sri Venkateshwara Swamy temple in Tirumala on Friday.
Accompanied by priests, the President entered the temple and offered prayers at Dhwajasthambham (flagstaff). The President’s visit to the darshan (visit to deity) follows her visit to Sri Padmavathi temple at Tiruchanur in Tirupati district on Thursday evening. Following her prayers at Sri Padmavathi temple on Thursday, priests honoured the President with Sesha Vastram and temple prasadams (consecrated food) at the Ashirvada Mandapam, where portraits of the Goddess were also presented to her.
Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple, the richest Hindu shrine in the world, is run by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the official custodian of the temple. Minister Anam Ram Narayan Reddy, TTD EO AK Singhal, TTD trust board chairman BR Naidu, members and others were also present.
It was surprising to note that the President had kept aside the protocol and alighted from her convoy and interacted with common devotees at Ram Baghicha and distributed chocolates.
