Overview
- Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu visited the Vontimitta Sri Kodandarama Swamy temple on Wednesday and offered silk robes to the deity during the Sri Sitarama Kalyanam.
- He attended with his spouse Nara Bhubaneswari and grandson Nara Devansh, and priests gave a Poornakumbha Swagatam, a traditional welcome.
- Vedic scholars blessed the chief minister, and temple authorities presented Shesha Vastram, Tirtha Prasadam, and a portrait of Lord Rama.
- Festival events included the Edurkolu ritual at 6:30 pm and the main wedding ceremony at 7 pm, and TTD offered a 1‑kg gold ornament and a 2‑kg silver vessel to the temple.
- A small fire from a generator van earlier in the day caused brief panic, which fire crews quickly put out, and officials have not yet said what caused it.