CM Naidu visits Simhachalam temple, offers prayers along with union ministers

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, along with union ministers, visited the Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Simhachalam on Tuesday and offered prayers, an official said. After laying the foundation for a USD 15 billion Google AI data centre near Visakhapatnam earlier in the day at Tarluvada, Naidu visited Simhachalam along with Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Ministers Pemmasani Chandrasekhar and Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu, as well as state ministers, where they had darshan. ''Naidu, along with union and state ministers, offered prayers at the Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Simhachalam today,'' the official told PTI. Accompanied by temple priests, the CM and other dignitaries offered prayers at the sanctum sanctorum. Following the darshan, priests performed 'veda ashirvachanam' (vedic blessings) and honoured the dignitaries with 'theertha prasadam' (sacred water). The Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at Simhachalam is one of the prominent Hindu shrines in Andhra, attracting thousands of devotees annually.

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