Overview

• The Andhra Pradesh chief minister offered silk raiments at Indrakeeladri on Monday on behalf of the state government during the Sarannavaratri festivities.
• Speaking at the riverside temple, he said it was his fortune to serve and prayed for people’s health, happiness and rising incomes.
• Naidu said roughly eight lakh devotees have visited so far in the ongoing festival, while other reporting has cited lower single-day counts.
• Authorities deployed extended queues, holding areas, sanitation and medical camps, and free laddus, milk and biscuits, as ministers reviewed crowd management at the command control room.
• He reviewed upgrades including a Rs 26-crore annaprasadam complex, a Rs 27-crore prasadam centre, donor-funded puja mandapam and yagasala, and a Rs 14-crore elevated queue complex with near-term completion targets.