Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Naidu to Make Record 16th Silk Robe Offering
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu will give special silk robes to Lord Venkateswara.
The offering will happen at Tirumala on Tuesday.
It is part of the annual Brahmotsavam festival.
The ceremony will happen after Dwajarohanam, which starts the festival.
This government tradition began in 1983 under NT Rama Rao.
Many chief ministers from different parties have continued it.
Naidu has made the offering more times than any other chief minister.
His offering on Tuesday will be his 16th.
Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu will offer silk robes to Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala on Tuesday.
The offering will take place after Dwajarohanam during the annual Salakatla Brahmotsavams.
Naidu’s 16 offerings would be the highest by any chief minister, while the state tradition enters its 44th year.
NT Rama Rao introduced the government offering in 1983, and successive chief ministers continued it.
The presentation was moved from Garuda Seva to Dwajarohanam in 2004 because of heavy pilgrim turnout.
- Who
- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu will make the offering on behalf of the state government.
- What
- He will present silk robes, known as pattu vastrams, to Lord Venkateswara.
- When
- Tuesday, after Dwajarohanam during the annual Brahmotsavams.
- Where
- Tirumala.
- Why
- The offering is part of a government tradition that began in 1983.
- Offering count
- Naidu’s Tuesday offering will be his 16th.
- Record
- The total would be the highest by any chief minister.
- Tradition began
- 1983, under then chief minister NT Rama Rao.
- Festival
- Annual Salakatla Brahmotsavams.
- Ceremony timing
- After Dwajarohanam, which marks the festival’s beginning.
- State tradition
- The government’s offering tradition is entering its 44th year.
- Recent offerings
- Naidu resumed the practice after returning as chief minister in 2024 and made offerings in 2024 and 2025.