Tamil Nadu Chief Minister offers prayers at Kanaka Durga temple, attends Vijayawada Utsav

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay offered prayers at the Sri Kanaka Durga temple atop Indrakeeladri and later attended Vijayawada Utsav 2.0 at Punnami Ghat here on Tuesday, emphasising the importance of youth power, development and cooperation among southern States.

A priest presents Sesha Vastrams (silk robes) to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at the Sri Kanaka Durga temple in Vijayawada on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao

Mr. Vijay, who arrived at the hill shrine in traditional attire, was welcomed by temple priests. He greeted devotees waiting in queues with folded hands before offering special prayers to Goddess Kanaka Durga.

After the darshan, Vedic scholars blessed him at the Aniveti Mandapam. Endowments Secretary K. Kannababu, Commissioner K. Ramachandra Mohan, temple trust board chairman Borra Radhakrishna (Gandhi) and Executive Officer V.K. Seena Naik presented him with sacred robes, prasadam and a portrait of the Goddess.