Overview
- Family members, film personalities, TDP leaders and thousands of fans offered tributes at NTR Ghat and Film Nagar, with NTR Trust hosting interfaith prayers and service events such as blood donation and community meals across districts.
- Videos from the early-morning visit showed actor Nandamuri Kalyanram being mobbed by fans at NTR Ghat as security struggled to manage the crowd while he laid a wreath.
- Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu hailed NTR as a visionary, citing landmark initiatives including ₹2-per-kg rice, social security pensions, housing for the poor, free power for farmers and the mandal system.
- TDP MP Kalisetti Appala Naidu publicly urged the Union Government to confer the Bharat Ratna on NTR, framing his welfare schemes as a national model.
- After paying respects, Chandrababu Naidu said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is fully supportive of Andhra Pradesh’s development, reiterating timelines and priorities for projects such as Polavaram and the capital plan for Amaravati.