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| Sunday,
April 22, 2007 |
| Newly-wed film actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on Sunday sought blessings of Lord Venkateshwara at Tirumala. Abhishek's father Amitabh Bach-chan, mother Jaya Bachchan, industrialist Anil Ambani and his wife Tina accompanied the couple.
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The couple spent about 25 minutes in front of the presiding deity in the sanctum sanctorum. Chief priest A V Ramana Dikshithulu blessed the couple at the Sri Ranganayaka Mandapa in the temple, while temple officials offered sacred silk clothes, holy water and 'laddu prasadam' to the couple.
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| The couple later offered prayers at the sacred golden altar and at the traditional golden flag mast of the shrine.Pilgrims eager to have a glimpse of the couple triggered a stampede outside the temple. Nearly 55,000 pilgrims at the hill shrine had to wait in long queues for darshan.
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The Bachchan-Rai entourage was supposed to reach Tirumala hills by 7 am and finish darshan by 8.30 am. But they arrived one hour behind schedule. The TTD officials instead of beginning 'sarvadarshanam' at 8 am postponed it by two hours.
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