India billionaire offers Gold bricks to temple deity
This is not the first time the flamboyant business man is donating to the temple. He has in the past donated up to 8 kg for gold plating parts of the temple.
Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya made a golden offer to the deity of Shri Venkateswara at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), one of the world's richest pilgrimage centre.
Mallya, Promoter of India's crisis-ridden Kingfisher Airlines and UB Group Chairman made an offering of gold bricks, weighing about three kg, at the famous hill shrine on his 58th birthday on Tuesday.
This is not the first time the flamboyant business man is donating to the temple. He has in the past donated up to 8 kg for gold plating parts of the temple.
Mallya, one of India's richest men, had agreed to a $2.1 billion deal last month to sell a majority stake in his United Spirits Ltd to Diageo Plc.
Mallya, known for his lavish lifestyle and often referred to as India's Richard Branson, has been in the news after Kingfisher, the airline promoted by him, was grounded by the aviation regulator for its failure to come up with a viable plan of financial and operational revival after a labour unrest in October led to the airline announcing a lockout.
Kingfisher, which Mallya launched with much fanfare in 2005, was once India's second-largest airline by domestic market share but is now in deep financial distress.
It has been grounded since October 1 following a strike by its pilots and engineers over non-payment of salary dues and its flying license has been suspended.
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