Nandamuri Balakrishna, Daggubati Purandeswari, Junior NTR, Lakshmi Parvathi and other family members of the legend came to NTR Ghat and paid their respects.
The 101st birth anniversary celebrations of late actor and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao were held in the two Telugu States today.
NTR's fans and TDP leaders paid tributes to NTR on the occasion.
NTR's family members and others also paid rich tributes to the leader. They came to NTR Ghat in Hyderabad and offered flowers at the samadhi of the former CM.
Actor and TDP MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna, AP BJP chief Daggubati Purandeswari, popular actor Junior NTR, NTR's wife Lakshmi Parvathi and other family members came to NTR Ghat and paid their respects. NTR's statue was garlanded with flowers on the occasion.
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and Nara Lokesh also recollected the services of NTR. They termed NTR as the Telugu people's glory and an inspiration to the Telugu people.
Speaking on the occasion, actor Nandamuri Balakrishna, NTR's son, said that NTR was the idol of the Telugu people. He claimed that everyone who came to power later followed NTR's schemes. He said that he would serve the people with NTR as inspiration.
BJP leader Purandeswari also recollected her father's life. Her husband Daggubati Venkateswara Rao too said that NTR was a force to reckon with, as also a university of acting. "NTR was a great man, who proved that all can excel in politics, which till then was limited to a few. NTR was the one who brought doctors, intellectuals and other people from various other sections of society into politics. NTR was the king of politics," he said.