Businessman gifts Rs 1 crore sword at Tirumala

Naveen S Garewal
Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, July 20

A businessman based out of Hyderabad on Tuesday donated a sword worth more than Rs 1 crore to the Lord Venkateswara deity in Tirumala.

The sword made from gold and silver was received from Moturi Srinivas Prasad by priests of the Venkateswara Swamy at Tirumala.

“We received a Suryakathari (sword) estimated to be about Rs 1 crore”, a Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) official said.

The sword, weighing 5 kg, was crafted with 2 kilograms of gold and 3 kg silver, according to TTD officials.

The Tirumala Venkateswara temple is the wealthiest, most famous Hindu temple in the world.