Sri Pydikondala Manikyala Rao (Honorable Minister for Endowments, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Sri JSV Prasad (Principal Secretary, Revenue (Endowments), and Smt. Y.V. Anuradha (Commissioner of Endowments), came to Sringeri and had Darshan of Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahasannidhanam and Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Vidhushekhara Bharati Sannidhanam. During the Darshan, the Minister also extended an invitation, on behalf of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, to the Jagadguru to grace the Godavari Maha Pushkaram to be held in July in Andhra Pradesh.