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TS ornaments for Lord ready
It may be recalled that the TRS founder and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao vowed to donate the ornaments at the time of election to the newly formed Telangana State in 2014, if he came to power.
Tirupati: Telangana government has decided to donate gold ornaments worth Rs 5 crore to Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala.
The making of the gold ornaments including Golden Saligrama Haram and Golden Kante (necklace) which the Telangana government wanted to donate has been completed. Three more ornaments will be ready within two weeks.
According to sources, both the ornaments were made in such a way that they reflect the rich Telangana tradition and culture. The Saligrama Haram weighing about 14.900 kgs is worth about Rs 3.7 crore while the five-rows Kante weighing 4.650 kgs costs about Rs 1.2 crore.
It may be recalled that the TRS founder and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao vowed to donate the ornaments at the time of election to the newly formed Telangana State in 2014, if he came to power.
Following the resounding victory of the TRS and the subsequent elevation of Chandrashekar Rao as the Chief Minister of Telangana, the Telangana government contacted the TTD authorities on the donation of ornaments to Lord Venkateswara.
The Telangana State government entrusted the whole task of making the gold ornaments including purchase of gold, design and manufacturing to TTD and deposited Rs 5 crore in the TTD treasury a few months back. Accordingly, the TTD floated tenders for making the gold ornaments in which three gold firms competed. Among them, the TTD finalised Keerthilal Kalidoss Jewelers, Coimbatore, in Tamil Nadu.
As per the tender conditions, the manufacturer took the responsibility of making the ornaments and their transportation to the TTD treasury here and also ensuring quality.
Tirumala temple sources revealed that the ornaments were meant for adoring Moolavar (the presiding deity) of Tirumala temple. KCR is expected to visit Tirumala temple before the end of this month for donating the ornaments ceremoniously to TTD, the sources added.
It is learnt that the Keerthilala Kalidoss jewelers is expected to hand over the ornaments to TTD here within two weeks after which the TTD will approach the Telangana government for finalising the visit of KCR for donating the ornaments to Lord Venkateswara.
