Rajapaksa to visit Tirupathi Saturday
October 30th, 2009 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANSChennai, Oct 30 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, his wife and a group of officials will make a flying visit to Tirupathi for a darshan of Lord Balaji at Tirumala Saturday.
Rajapaksa will be arriving at Tirupathi in the morning from Nepal where he is currently on tour, and fly back to Sri Lanka after the deity’s darshan.
While officials at Sri Lankan High Commission here declined to confirm their president’s visit, the temple officials have confirmed the trip.
Rajapaksa’s flight will first land in Renugunta near Tirupathi and from there, he will go to the temple by car.
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