Mukesh Ambani visits Kedarnath and Badrinath temples in Uttarakhand, donates Rs 5 crore

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday visited the Kedarnath and Badrinath temples in Uttarakhand and donated Rs 2.5 crore to each temple committee, sources told News18.

After offering prayers at Badrinath, Ambani reached the Kedarnath temple and offered his obeisance. He donated a total of Rs 5 crore to the temple committees.

Earlier, the RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani in September had offered prayers at Kerala’s Guruvayur Temple dedicated to the Hindu god Krishna. He was accompanied by Radhika Merchant, his youngest son Anant Ambani’s fiancee. According to temple authorities, Ambani donated a cheque of Rs 1.51 crore as kannika (offering) to be used for annadanam (food of devotees). He had also offered ghee at the sopanam (inner sanctum) of the temple and made offerings to the temple elephants, Chenthamarakshan and Balaraman.