Karnataka Dy. CM offers prayers at Shiva temple in East Godavari district
The Hindu
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday performed a special ritual during the opening ceremony of Lord Shiva temple here in East Godavari following the Congress’s victory in the recent Karnataka Assembly election
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Tuesday performed a special ritual during the opening ceremony of Lord Shiva temple here following the Congress’s victory in the recent Karnataka Assembly elections.
The homam was performed by a group of local priests for more than an hour.
District Congress Committee president S. Martin Luther, who accompanied Mr. Shivakumar, told The Hindu, “The Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, D.K. Shivakumar, owed a visit to the Lord Shiva temple at Chilakalapadu village in the district for the success in the Karnataka elections. He participated in a special ritual performed at the temple.”
Mr. Shivakumar shares a bond with the villagers of Chilakalapadu in Undrajavaram mandal, and is associated with the cultural events in the village.
Mr. Shivakumar also participated in the opening ceremony of the temple. He was received by former Union Minister and Congress leader Chinta Mohan at the Rajahmundry airport. He left for Bengaluru in the night.
No room for complacency till counting is completed, Chandrababu Naidu tells TDP-BJP-JSP contestants. The TDP-BJP-JSP alliance will register a comfortable victory in the general elections over the YSRCP, he says. Alleging that the YSRCP has conspired to create disturbances on the counting day, the TDP national president advises the chief counting agents and their teams to see to it that the officials adhere to norms related to counting.