<p>Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday visited Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at Konaipally in Siddipet district and offered special prayers ahead of filing his nomination for the upcoming assembly polls.</p>.<p>A villager who claims to have known Rao said it is a tradition that Chief Minister has followed for the past four decades.</p>.<p>Rao performs puja by keeping the nomination papers in the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine, whenever he is contesting in elections.</p>.100 nominations filed for Telangana assembly polls on first day.<p>Accompanied by his nephew and Minister, T Harish Rao, KCR was accorded a rousing reception at the temple.</p>.<p>After the puja, Rao sat in the temple premises and signed the papers.</p>.<p>Women who had gathered at the shrine applied 'tilak' on Rao’s forehead, which is considered auspicious. People also showered rose petals on the CM.</p>.<p>Earlier, Rao had said he would file nomination papers on November 9.</p>.<p>According to an Election Commission notification, the filing of nominations began on Friday.</p>.<p>He is contesting from Gajwel and Kamareddy in the polls to be held on November 30.</p>
<p>Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday visited Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at Konaipally in Siddipet district and offered special prayers ahead of filing his nomination for the upcoming assembly polls.</p>.<p>A villager who claims to have known Rao said it is a tradition that Chief Minister has followed for the past four decades.</p>.<p>Rao performs puja by keeping the nomination papers in the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine, whenever he is contesting in elections.</p>.100 nominations filed for Telangana assembly polls on first day.<p>Accompanied by his nephew and Minister, T Harish Rao, KCR was accorded a rousing reception at the temple.</p>.<p>After the puja, Rao sat in the temple premises and signed the papers.</p>.<p>Women who had gathered at the shrine applied 'tilak' on Rao’s forehead, which is considered auspicious. People also showered rose petals on the CM.</p>.<p>Earlier, Rao had said he would file nomination papers on November 9.</p>.<p>According to an Election Commission notification, the filing of nominations began on Friday.</p>.<p>He is contesting from Gajwel and Kamareddy in the polls to be held on November 30.</p>