Hyderabad: Within days of their dreamy marriage at Mahabalipuram, Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan have landed in a controversy.
The newly-wedded couple had visited Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh to seek blessings from Lord Venkateswara.
Only later did the duo realize they had violated rules of the sacred temple.
They were served a legal notice for using footwear inside the temple premises and doing photoshoots.
According to Tirumala Tirupati Desvasthanam Board’s Chief Vigilance Security Officer Narasimha Kishore, wearing sandals inside the temple premises is strictly prohibited.
“She (Nayanthara) was seen roaming with footwear in Mada Streets. Our security immediately reacted. We have even noticed that they did a photo shoot inside the temple’s premises, which is again prohibited. Private cameras are not allowed inside the Holy Shrine,” he pointed out.
“We are serving notices to Nayanthara. We have also spoken to her and she wanted to release a video to the press apologizing to Lord Balaji, TTD, and pilgrims. However, we are going to serve notices to her,” Narasimha said.
Vignesh didn’t waste time in issuing an apology letter to Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam board.
“After the wedding, we went straight to Tirupati temple without even going home and attended the wedding ceremony of Ezhumalayan. After that, a lot of people came out of the temple and surrounded us. So we left there and after a while, came back in front of the Ezhumalayan temple. We quickly finished the photo shoot and decided to get out of there as the fans would surround us if they saw us. In the ensuing commotion, we failed to notice that we were walking with shoes in the area where it was forbidden to wear shoes. We apologize for the inconvenience. We have been to Tirupati five times in the last month with the desire to get married in Tirupati. Due to various reasons, it was not possible to hold our wedding at Tirupati temple,” Vignesh wrote.
