Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister, offered prayers at the Lord Venkateswara temple on Thursday. She was given a ceremonial welcome at the main temple by Chairman Y.V. Subba Reddy, Executive Officer A.V. Dharma Reddy, and other authorities before being brought inside the sanctum sanctorum. Later, the authorities gave her the laddu prasadam as the priests performed 'Vedasirvachanams.' Additionally present were BJP spokesperson Bhanuprakash Reddy, Tirupati MP Gurumurthy, and Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy. Minister Sitaraman would go to Sri Vaayulingeswara Swamy, an old Shiva shrine and one of the most well-known 'Panchbhutha shrines' in the nation, on Friday to pray, according to the reports.
