CJI Ranjan Gogoi offers prayers at Lord Venkateswara temple

November 17, 2019 17:03

Chief Justice of IndiaJustice Ranjan Gogoi offered prayers at the hill shrine ofLord Venkateswara at Tirumala near in Tirupati on Sunday.

Justice Gogoi and his wife Rupanjali Gogoi worshipped at the famous hill shrine at the crack of dawn, a temple official said.

On his arrival at the shrine's main entrance on Sunday, Justice Gogoi and his wife were accorded a traditional welcome by high priests.

After offering prayers at the temple, administered by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, he left for Delhi.

The Chief Justice had also offered prayers at the shrine on Saturday.

He had visited the temple of goddess Sri Padmavathi at Tiruchanur near in Tirupati on Saturday. -- PTI

IMAGE: Outgoing CJI Ranjan Gogoi pays obeisance at Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, on Sunday. Photograph: PTI Photo

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