Naidu attends Gangamamba Jatara at Kuppam, shares roadside ice apples with toddy tappers

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and his woman Nara Bhuvaneswari offered silk robes to the presiding deity astatine the yearly Sri Prasanna Tirupati Gangamamba Jatara astatine Kuppam, successful Chittoor district, connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026).

Priests gave the mates a accepted invited astatine the temple, wherever the household took portion successful peculiar rituals and prayers. After the darshan, the temple authorities presented tirtha prasadam to the Chief Minister.

The sojourn drew ample crowds of devotees and enactment supporters successful and astir the temple, and information was tightened.

Earlier, the Chief Minister had flown to the Thummisi helipad from Undavalli and gone to his residence astatine Kadapalle, adjacent Kuppam, wherever TDP leaders and activists welcomed him.

On his mode back, Mr. Naidu and Ms. Bhuvaneswari stopped astatine Tanjamma Kottalu colony aft seeing toddy tappers selling thati munjalu (ice apples) by the roadside. The mates aboriginal posted photographs with the tappers connected societal media.

Mr. Naidu praised the summertime delicacy, saying it was escaped of adulteration, carbide and pesticides. He said eating caller crystal apples by the roadside was a delight, and described them arsenic ‘pure and chill similar the hearts of the radical of Kuppam’. He added that thing could surpass the authenticity and richness of agrarian nutrient products.

Ms. Bhuvaneswari said tasting the caller crystal apples brought backmost memories of her childhood. During the halt, Mr. Naidu besides spoke to the toddy tappers and asked astir their enactment and families.

Mr. Naidu aboriginal returned to his residence and was to permission for Bengaluru successful the evening.