AP man donates Rs 36.98 lakh gold crown to Shirdi Saibaba Temple

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New Delhi, Aug 12: A 57-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh has donated a gold crown worth Rs 36.98 lakh and a silver plate worth Rs 33,000 to the famous Saibaba Temple in Shirdi town of Maharashtra, an official from the trust managing the shrine said on Friday.

Satish Prabhakar Annam donated a gold crown weighing 770 gm and a 620 gm silver plate on the auspicious day of Raksha Bandhan on Thursday, said Bhagyashri Banayat, the chief executive officer of the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust.

Annam is a former legislator and a resident of Bapatla district of Andhra Pradesh, it was stated, according to a PTI report.

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Last month, an 80-year-old doctor from Hyderabad donated a gold crown worth ₹ 33 lakh to the temple trust.