Voicing concern over increasing number of child rape cases across the country, priests at a famous temple here performed prayers to prevent such crimes.
Amid chanting of vedic hymns, the priests of Chilkur Balaji temple took three cows around the sanctum sanctorum thrice and over 1,500 devotees witnessed the 'pradakshinams' (circumbulation) on Saturday afternoon, the head priest, C S Rangaraja told PTI.
The objective is to put an end to all such crimes against children, he said adding "We prayed for divine protection for children."
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