Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is on a five-day visit to India, on Monday arrived at the temple city of Tirupati to offer worship to famous Tirumala Lord Venkateswara temple.
Amid tight security arrangements made in the temple city of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh ahead of the Premier’s two-day pilgrimage, Prime Minister Rajapaksa flew in at Renigunta airport late Sunday evening, PTI reported.
On his maiden spiritual visit as Prime Minister, Rajapaksa was accorded a traditional reception at the airport and later he has reached the sacred hills by road.
After an overnight stay on the hills Monday, Rajapaksa would visit the shrine in wee hours of Tuesday and offer worship to the presiding deity of Lord Venkateswara.
A temple official told PTI that a 19-member Sri Lankan delegation, including two ministers A Thondaman and KN Devananda, was with the Prime Minister during his spiritual visit to the hills. After offering prayers to Lord Venkateswara here, Rajapaksa would leave for Colombo on Tuesday, he added.
