A diamond-studded crown worth ₹1 crore was offered by a couple to Lord Venkateswara at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Andhra Pradesh. The couple, Balamurugan and his wife Purnima, had come from Coimbatore to make this offering. Notably, former Karnataka Minister G Janardhana Reddy also made a similar offering in 2009 of a ₹45 crore diamond-studded gold crown to Lord Venkateswara.