SRINAGAR: Tirupati Balaji Temple, situated in Majeen, Jammu and Kashmir, opened to devotees on Thursday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the temple of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy through a video conferencing ceremony.
The temple, spread over 62 acres, is expected to become one of the largest temples in the Jammu region, boosting religious and pilgrimage tourism.
Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha, along with Union Ministers Jitendra Singh and G Kishan Reddy, also participated in the inauguration, marking an important milestone for the Tirupati Balaji temple in Jammu.
In the ceremony marking the temple’s inauguration, Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Union Minister of Tourism, expressed that the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) is actively involved in constructing temples dedicated to Lord Tirupati Balaji throughout the country. Furthermore, he emphasised that these efforts by TTD also play a role in preventing instances of religious conversions on a national scale.
The Jammu temple will be the sixth Balaji temple established outside Andhra Pradesh, joining the list of temples built by TTD in Hyderabad, Chennai, Kanyakumari, Delhi, and Bhubaneswar.
