A team of scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) visited the Sri Venkateswara temple at nearby Tirumala on Thursday morning in the run-up to the launch of the lunar exploration mission Chandrayaan-3 on Friday.
Visuals of the ISRO team, three women and two men, went viral on Thursday morning and a Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) official confirmed their visit.
"Yes, an ISRO team has visited Tirumala but our publicity wing did not cover their visit," a TTD official told PTI.
He said temple officials were busy with the visit of Supreme Court Judges and Union Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.
ISRO officials generally make low-profile visits to the temple, the official added.
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