TVS Group offers Rs 2 crore to Lord Venkateswara temple

TIRUPATI: Two companies of the TVS Group today made an offering of Rs 2 crore to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala here.

Chennai-based TVS Motor Company and Sundaram Clayton offered Rs one crore each to the hill temple in the form of a Demand Draft, Talari Ravi, PRO of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams which manages the shrine, told PTI.

TVS motor company CEO K N Radhakrishnan and Sundaram Clayton CEO T A Ranganathan together handed over the amount to TTD Executive Officer D Sambasiva Rao inside the temple.

The companies requested TTD to use the amount for the TTD run 'Pilgrim Free Meal Scheme' known as Sri Venkateswara Annaprasadam Trust, Ravi said.