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Chennai pharma firm donates Rs 2 cr to Balaji temple

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Press Trust of India Tirupati
An offering of Rs two crore was made to the famous Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala near here by a Chennai-based pharmaceutical firm today.

A demand draft for the amount was handed over to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), administering the temple, by an executive of SGP Exim Private Limited, temple sources said.

TTD Joint Executive Officer KS Srinivasa Raju received the DD, they told PTI.

The company wanted the money to be used for TTD-run hospitals in Tirupati providing medical facilities to poor patients afflicted with life-threatening ailments including heart and kidney problems, the sources said.

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First Published: Mar 27 2013 | 10:55 PM IST

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