HCL chairman Shiv Nadar offers Rs 1 crore to Tirupati shrine

Tech major HCL Chairman Shiv Nadar today made an offering of Rs one crore and one (Rs 1,00,00,001) to the Lord Venkateswara shrine

Tirupati: Tech major HCL Chairman Shiv Nadar today made an offering of Rs one crore and one (Rs 1,00,00,001) to the Lord Venkateswara shrine.

Shiv Nadar. Pic/AFP

The hill temple PRO Talari Ravi said after offering prayers, the HCL chairman handed over the offering in the form of a cheque to TTD Executive Officer D Sambasiva Rao inside the shrine.

He requested the temple management to use his donation for Sri Venkateswara Balamandir Trust, established in 1943, for orphaned and destitute children, run by the TTD which manages the shrine, the PRO said.

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