🚁 A chopper ride to hometown

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A businessman from Gumudipoondi in Tamil Nadu went to his native village Therku Theethampatti on a helicopter from Bengaluru to attend a festival.

The event: The festivities of the Mahakumbabishekam for Arulmigu PathraKaliamman temple were held at Therku Theethampatti village near Ottapidaram in Tamil Nadu. The villagers were taken by surprise at the sound of a helicopter. In the helicopter were B Natarajan and his family members including his wife, son, brother and friend. They came to the village to celebrate with the villagers. 

  • The grand entrance and the trip back to Bengaluru in the same helicopter cost Natarajan ₹7 lakh. 

The reason: It was Natarajan’s long-time wish to travel in a helicopter. He fulfilled it while going to his hometown for festivities. 

  • To travel on the helicopter, Natarajan and his family first travelled to Bengaluru from Gumudipoondi by road.

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