Overview
- He died on Friday at age 90 following age-related illness, according to his family.
- Political leaders across parties, including A. Revanth Reddy, K. Chandrashekar Rao, N. Chandrababu Naidu, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, and G. Kishan Reddy, offered condolences praising his service.
- At the shrine popularly called Visa Balaji, he removed the hundi, urged devotees to support temple publications, and prohibited VIP queues so everyone used the same line.
- He became a leading voice for temple independence, resisting government attempts to assert administrative control and insisting on primacy for devotees.
- A retired Osmania University commerce professor and former registrar, he also helped popularise 11 circumambulations for a wish and 108 after fulfillment.