Summary:
"Traditionally, the Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam (TTD), an independent trust managing the Tirumala Venkateswara temple in Andhra Pradesh, use to present a shalu to Mahalaxmi shrine every year. The auction of sari fetched Rs 2.51 lakh in 2010, Rs 2.26 lakh in 2011, Rs 3.21 lakh in 2012, Rs 7.5 lakh in 2013 and Rs 5.5 lakh in 2014. KOLHAPUR: Paschim Maharashtra Devasthan Samiti (PMDS), an umbrella body of temples in western Maharashtra, has decided that "there will be no draping of a shalu or silk sari of Amababai Mahalaxmi shrine in Kolhapur ) this year. But this year, there has been no written communication regarding the shalu between the two managements. The PMDS had kept Rs 4.2 lakh as the base price..