TIRUPATI: A new set of golden ''Kati-Varadha" hasthams worth Rs 2.25 crore will be added to the bountiful treasures of Lord Venkateswara at the

temple on Saturday.

Thanga Durai, a cloth merchant and a devotee of Lord Venkateswara, who hails from

in Tamil Nadu, will donate golden Kati-Varadha hasthams weighing nearly 6kg to the Tirumala temple.

Speaking to reporters, Thanga Durai said, "I have been visiting the sacred abode of Lord Venkateswara since my childhood. A few years ago I fell sick and was on deathbed and had very little chances of survival. But when I prayed Lord Venkateswara and vowed to make several valuable offerings I was spared from death."