HCL chairman Shiv Nadar donates Rs 1 crore to Tirupati

July 23, 2018 12:14

A donation of Rs 1 crore has been made to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala by the chairman of tech major HCL, Shiv Nadar.

Nadar handed over a demand draft for Rs 1,00,00,001 to a temple official on Sunday night after offering prayers at the shrine, TTD public relations officer T Ravi told PTI.

He said the HCL chairman requested Tirumala Tirupati Devasathanams, which administers the cash-rich shrine, to utilise the fund for a hospital trust run by it for differently-abled people in Tirupati.

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