Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 29 (PTI) Former Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday offered prayers at Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirumala, an official said.
TTD officials received Widodo and later took him for darshan (visit to deity).
“Seventh President of Indonesia (Widodo) had darshan of Lord Venkateswara Swamy and was received by TTD officials, who escorted him for darshan,” the official told PTI.
Following darshan, TTD officials presented him with silk clothes, the Lord’s prasadams (consecrated food) and offered a portrait of Lord Venkateswara at Ranganayakula Mandapam.
TTD is the official custodian of Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, the richest Hindu shrine in the world. PTI MS KH
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The Indonesian Embassy in New Delhi respectfully clarifies that the information shared is factually inaccurate. The Former President of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Joko Widodo, has never made a visit to the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala, nor undertaken any official or private visit to that site at any point during or after his term in office.