Nayanthara & Vignesh Shivan issue apology for violating Tirupati temple rules

South stars Nayanthara and her husband Vignesh Shivan recently got married, but a day after their marriage the couple was embroiled in a controversy. A day after their wedding, the Nayanthara and Vignesh visited the Tirupathi temple in Tirupathi to seek blessing for their newly married life, but the couple landed in controversy after they were captured roaming around in the temple premises wearing footwear and doing photoshoots.

After the legal notice was issued, the coupleapologised to the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam board.

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"Dear all, we have always wanted our marriage to happen in Tirupati but due to logistical reasons that were not possible and we had to do our wedding in Chennai. To wholesomely complete our wedding, we made sure we headed to Tirupati directly from our wedding venue (without going home) to watch the Sami Kalyanam and to receive the blessings of Lord Balaji who we have utmost devotion towards. We had a wonderful darshan and wanted to click a picture outside the temple to have this day in our memory and to feel like the wedding got completed here, as per our wish but due to the crowd and chaos we had to exit the premises and re-enter at a time when there was a lesser commotion''.

He further added, that he ''sincerely apologizes to those who we could have offended and we mean no disrespect to the lord.''

''In the hurry for a quick picture, we did not realize we had our footwear on when we got back later for the quick picture outside the temple. We are a couple who go to temples regularly and have immense faith in God. We have been to Thirumala almost 5 times in the past 30 days trying to do our wedding there!'' the filmmakersaid.

"We sincerely apologize to those who we could have offended and we mean no disrespect to the lord who we love. We are grateful for the love and wishes we have received from everyone for our special day and we hope you continue to shower us with only the positivity we need from you."

The couple got married in an intimate ceremony in Mahabalipuram. The ceremony was star-studded aware, was attended by Rajnikanth, Shah Rukh Khan, and Director Atlee.

(With inputs from the agency)