Tamil Nadu CM Vijay Visits Vijayawada Kanaka Durga Temple, Offers Special Prayers

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay visited the Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Temple on Indrakeeladri in Vijayawada on Tuesday evening as part of the ongoing Dasara Sharannavaratri celebrations. Temple priests and officials welcomed him with traditional honours and escorted him into the main temple. Wearing traditional attire, Vijay greeted devotees waiting in the queue with folded hands before entering the sanctum to offer special prayers to Goddess Sri Kanaka Durga.

After the darshan, Vedic scholars offered blessings to the Chief Minister at the Aniveti Mandapam. Andhra Pradesh Endowments Department Secretary K. Kannababu, Endowments Commissioner K. Ramachandra Mohan, temple governing body chairman Borra Radhakrishna (Gandhi) and Executive Officer V. K. Sheena Naik jointly presented him with the deity’s sacred garments, prasadam and a portrait. Temple governing body members, officials and senior city police officers also attended the event.