Two US-based entrepreneurs donated Rs.13.5 crores to Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala on Saturday.
The NRI devotees, Ika Ravi, Founder CEO of Rx Advance, Pharmaceutical company, Boston, USA donated Rs.10 crores to e-Hundi of Lord Venkateswara, while the other Srinivas Guthikonda, CEO of JCG technologies from the USA, donated Rs.3.50 crore of which Rs.1 crore to SV Annaprasadam Trust, Rs.1 crore to TTD BIRRD Trust, Rs.1 crore to Sarvasreya Trust, Rs.20 lakhs towards Cottage Donation Scheme and Rs.10 lakhs each to SVIMS, SV Gosamrakhana and SV Vidyadana Trusts.
Srinivas handed over the DDs to TTD Chairman Putta Sudhakar Yadav in Tirumala temple.