Mukesh Ambani offers prayers at Guruvayur temple, donates Rs 15 crore to devaswom

THRISSUR: Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, offered prayers at the Sree Krishna Temple in Guruvayur. After praying, he offered money at the hundi. Before leaving, he donated a cheque of Rs 15 crore for the construction of devaswom multi-specialty hospital.

Ambani came in a helicopter and landed on Sree Krishna College Grounds at 7.30 am this morning. Devaswom chairman Dr V K Vijayan, administrative committee member C Manoj and administrator O B Arun Kumar jointly received him. Devaswom chairman draped Mukesh Ambani with a ponnada. Since today is a public holiday, there are special darshan restrictions, so he entered the temple after booking a ghee lamp offering for 25 people. The chairman offered him kalabham and prasadam. The temple authorities presented him a mural painting of Lord Krishna.

Devaswom chairman and administrative committee member C Manoj jointly submitted to Ambani the outline of the proposed multi-specialty hospital and the project document of the modern veterinary hospital that the Devaswom plans to start for the care of elephants. Ambani assured all possible help to them. Ambani handed over a cheque of Rs 15 crore to the devaswom for the construction of the hospital. He also said that the elephants of the Devaswom temple can be provided with better care based on the operating model of the Vantara Wildlife Sanctuary owned by Reliance in Gujarat. Mukesh Ambani left from Guruvayur at 8 am.