Nayanthara-Vignesh Shivan apologizes to Tirupati Temple for wearing shoes and for doing a photo session after receiving a legal notice

Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan, after their wedding in Mahabalipuram, went to Tirupati yesterday to seek Lord Venkateshwara Swamy’s blessings. Despite the fact that the pair looked gorgeous as they strolled hand in hand in their traditional dress, they were reportedly criticized for their appearance. A legal notice was apparently delivered to the newlyweds for wearing shoes within the shrine and performing photoshoots.

According to Narasimha Kishore, Chief Vigilance Security Officer, Tirumala Tirupati Desvasthanam Board, Nayanthara strolled with shoes on and also held a photo session on temple grounds, which is against the norms. He reportedly stated, “She is seen roaming with footwear in Mada Streets. Our security immediately reacted. We have also noticed on CCTV that they did a photoshoot there. We are serving notices to Nayanatara. We have also spoken to her and she wanted to release a video to press apologising to Lord Balaji, TTD and pilgrims. However, we are going to serve notices to her.”

However, Vignesh Shivan has written a letter of apology to the 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, we 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.”

Nayanthara wore a beautiful yellow saree with a choker and matching earrings for their temple visit and first public appearance as a couple. On the other side, Vignesh was seen wearing mundu.