Tendulkar offers worship at Tirumala

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday offered worship at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala.

He arrived here with his wife Anjali, industrialist Nimmagadda Prasad and former cricketer V Chamundeswara Nath last night by a special flight from Hyderabad, temple sources said.

After worship, Tendulkar was honoured with a sacred silk cloth, holy water and laddu prasadams, they said.

He left for Hyderabad after worship, the sources said.