Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa participate in religiou rituals in the Tirupati  temple. The Prime Minister arrived on a two -day pilgrimage to the temple city of Tirupati on Thursday. 

He was accorded a warm welcome by the officials of the Chittoor district administration led by deputy chief minister K Narayanaswamy and district collector M .Harinarayana on his arrival at the Tirupati airport.