Mangalore  : RV Deshpande, Karnataka State Minister for Higher Education paid a visit to the Sri  Venkatramana Temple at Carstreet on September 2, Monday and offered prayers to Lord Venkatramana.

The minister was accorded a warm welcome on his arrival at the temple.

Basti Vaman Shenoy, Founder of Vishwa Konkani Kendra, Jayaraj Pai, M Padmanabha Pai, Trustees of the Temple,  Manjunath Bhandari, Founder President of Bhandari Foundation and others were present on the occasion.