Jagan presents ‘silk vastrams’ to Lord Venkateswara
The Hindu
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy presented ‘silk vastrams’ on behalf of the State government to the Lord Venkateswara temple on the auspicious occasion of ‘Garuda Seva’ on Monday. Dressed in trad
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy presented ‘silk vastrams’ on behalf of the State government to the Lord Venkateswara temple on the auspicious occasion of ‘Garuda Seva’ on Monday.
Dressed in traditional dhoti and white shirt besides sporting a ‘tilakam’ on his forehead, the Chief Minister arrived at the Sri Bedi Anjaneya Swamy temple from where he carried the sacred ‘vastrams’ on a silver plate placed over his head and marched to the main temple complex amid the beats of drums and nadaswaram played by a battery of musicians.
The Chief Minister handed over the ‘vastrams’ to the priests inside the sanctum sanctorum.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.