Bhubaneswar, August 30: After his pilgrimage to temples in South India, noted industrialist Anil Ambani and his family today offered prayers at Sri Jagannath temple in Puri.
Accompanied by his mother Kokila Ben, sister Dipti and brother-in-law Dattaraj Salgaocar, the chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group visited the 12th century shrine, 60 km from here.
He arrived at Biju Patnaik airport here by a special plane in the afternoon and drove down to the holy town where elaborate security arrangements were made for the VIPs visit, police said.
Anil, clad in a white kurta and pyjama, and his family spent about two hours inside the temple premises where they offered prayers before Sri Jagannath, his elder brother Balabhadra and their sister Devi Subhadra.
This visit came close on the heels of his visit to various temples in South India, including Meenakshi temple in Madurai, Ramanathaswamy temple in Rameswaram and the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala.
—Agencies