TIRUPATI: Security personnel and devotees at the historic Sri Govindarajaswamy Temple in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh were sent into a state of panic after an inebriated man climbed the temple's 100-foot 'Gopuram' (monumental entrance tower), causing a massive security scare, the police said on Saturday.
He has been detained and taken to the Tirupati police station for questioning.
The individual, identified as Kuttadi Tirupati, a resident of Nizamabad district, managed to scale the intricate carvings of the tower before he perched himself at a precarious height in the early morning hours of Saturday, according to a local media report.
The man appeared visibly intoxicated and remained atop the structure for more than an hour, prompting a swift response from the temple administration and the police, the report said quoting an eyewitness.