British Deputy High Commissioner Hyderabad Andrew McAllister accompanied by his wife offered prayers to Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala on Saturday morning. On his arrival at the temple, he was accorded a grand reception by OSD Sri Lakshminarayana Yadav and other officials who escorted them to the sanctum sanctorum.
Inside the sanctum sanctorum, priests of Tirumala temple explained to the High Commissioner about the significance of Lord and the jewels adorned to the presiding deity. The couple spent few minutes praying before the presiding deity of Lord Venkateswara and later reached Ranganayakula Mandapam where they was accorded Vedasirvachanam by temple priests.