Janhvi Kapoor celebrated her 29th birthday by visiting the Tirumala temple, climbing over 3,000 steps barefoot to seek Lord Venkateswara’s blessings. She later received a VIP darshan and blessings from temple priests

The idol of Saint Thirumankai Alvar was acquired by the museum in 1967 before being alerted to its origins at the temple of Shri Soundararaja Perumal in Thadikombu by an independent researcher in November 2019