The offering box at the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara in Tirupati on Monday netted cash offerings to the tune of Rs 4.75 crore in new notes, the highest single day collection post demonetisation.
The temple sources also said that the day’s collection surprised the temple staff when they emptied the seven-foot high hundi for counting as a single offering of over Rs 1 crore was found in a bag along with other cash and precious offerings, the sources said.
It was the highest collection ever in the hill shrine's history, besides other precious offerings, they added.
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