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Kundapur:Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram visited the Sri Mookambika Temple at Kollur on October 27, Sunday and offered Chandika Yaga and special pooja to the Goddess. Interestingly, the minister was not flanked by security personnel as usual, as per his own request.
The Minister later told the waiting media men that he had visited the shrine as an ordinary devotee.
Earlier, the Minister arrived by a flight from Bangalore at the Mangalore International Airport and proceeded to Kollur by a car.
K Gopal Poojari, MLA of Byndoor, LS Maruti,Managing Trustee of Kollur Shrine, KN Narasimha Ariga, Priest, Ramesh Ganiga Kollur, Taluk Panchayat Members and others were present during the minister’s visit.