Chennai: Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami offered prayers at Lord Venkateswara temple on Tirumala in Tirupati during the early hours of today.
He was accompanied by his family members and was accorded a warm reception by temple authorities. Earlier, he arrived at the abode of Lord Venkateswara on a two-day pilgrimage on Monday.
He stayed at the Sri Krishna guest house. Palaniswami paid a visit to the temple of Lord Varaha Swamy in accordance with the tradition.
Meanwhile, Palaniswami urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the Union Health Ministry to allot additional centres in Tamilnadu for the entrance test to admission for post graduate medical courses in Institutes of National Importance.
Palaniswami, referring to the Institutes of National Importance-Combined Entrance Test (INI-CET) to be held on 20 November, said some students from Tamilnadu have been allotted examination centres in far away places, in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor and Nellore districts.