News Arena India Editor-in-Chief Naveen S Garewal explores the Telugu heartland, Andhra Pradesh, which shall see simultaneous Parliamentary and Assembly polls on the 13th of May. With 25 Parliamentary constituencies and 175 Assembly segments on the line, all eyes are on Andhra Pradesh.

This was announced by the TTD trust board chairman B Karunakar Reddy while inaugurating a three-day religious conclave – Sri Venkateshwara Dharmika Sadas – hosted by TTD under the aegis of its Hindu Dharma Prachara Parishad and SV Vedic University at Astana Mandapam at Tirumala.

“We will provide an opportunity for people of any faith to declare their faith in Hinduism, belief in Hindu gods and adopt Sanatana Dharma, which has been the way of life for centuries,” TTD chairman B Karunakar Reddy said.

These Mangala Sutrams, weighing 5 grams and 10 grams each, will be sold on a cost-to-cost basis in four or five designs, the TTD trust board chairman B Karunakar Reddy said.