Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday, visited Shri Bhagyalakshmi temple abutting the historic Charminar located in Hyderabad.
Yogi Adityanath, who spent about 20 minutes at the temple, offered special prayers.
He was accompanied by Bharatiya Janata Party’s Telangana president Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Rajya Sabha member K Laxman and MLA Raja Singh.
"Yogiji was supposed to visit the temple when he came here to campaign for the BJP during the GHMC (Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation) elections (in 2020). However due paucity of time, he could not visit that time. He told us that whenever he comes to Hyderabad next time he would visit the temple and offer prayers. So, to fulfill that he came today and offered prayers and aarti also," Raja Singh told media persons.
Yogi Adityanath is in Hyderabad to participate in the Bharatiya Janata Party national executive meet which witnessed the presence of the party's bigwigs including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Bhagyalakshmi temple became the cynosure after Union Minister Amit Shah offered prayers there before undertaking GHMC election campaign in November 2020. Yogi Adityanath, who campaigned for BJP candidates during the GHMC election, also urged voters to vote for the party "to transform Hyderabad into Bhagyanagar".
The monument (Charminar) is located in the southern part of the city popularly called old city area which was once considered as communally sensitive given its large population of a particular community. This part of the city is a stronghold of Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).