521st Annamayya Vardhanti in Tirumala on 5th April
On this occasion, Sri Malayappaswamy along with Sridevi and Bhudevi arrive at Narayangiri Gardens to witness the Saptagiri Sankeertana Gosti Ganjam performed by artists of the Annamacharya project.
On this occasion, Sri Malayappaswamy along with Sridevi and Bhudevi arrive at Narayangiri Gardens to witness the Saptagiri Sankeertana Gosti Ganjam performed by artists of the Annamacharya project.
TTD is organising the annual Brahmotsavam os Sri Padmavati Sammeta Venkateswara Swami temple, Peethapuram, Kakinada district from March 20-25 with Ankurarpanam fete on March 19 evening.
The celebrations begin with Dwajarohanam at 08,00-8.45 am on March 20 and grand srivari Kalyanotsavam in the evening. Important events include Garuda Vahana Seva on March 21 evening Unjal Sevas at night on March 22,23,24, Chakra snanam on March 25 morning and Dwajaavarohanam in the evening, and finally Pushp yagam on March 26 evening.
TTD is organising the annual Srivari float festival (Teppotsavam) from March 20-24 with Sri Malayappaswamy and his consort’s blessing devotees during float rides at night in the Swami Pushkarani.
On day 1 Sri Ramachandra Murti along with Sita Lakshmana and Anjaneya will take three round ride while on the second day Sri Krishna swami with Rukmini will ride the decorated teppam three rounds to bless devotees.
Sri Malayappaswamy along with Sri Bhudevi will ride three rounds on third day , five rounds on the fourth day and seven rounds on the final day to bless devotees.
Arjita Sevas cancelled
In view of Teppotsavam fete TTD has cancelled Sahasra Deepalankara Seva on March 20&21 and Arjita Brahmotsavam Sahasra Deepalankara Seva on March 22,23,24.
In view of the Election Code, TTD has made certain changes in VIP Darshan and accommodation which has come with immediate effect from Saturday onwards.
Henceforth the letters of recommendation for accommodation and darshan in Tirumala will not be accepted as in the past. However, the Srivari darshan and accommodation will be considered only to the protocol dignitaries who come by themselves as per the rules till the code is over.
In a statement released in the context of the Lok Sabha and Assembly Election Code, the TTD said as per the decision of the TTD Trust Board the letters of recommendation for accommodation and Srivari darshan in Tirumala is cancelled from Saturday onwards.
Therefore, TTD appealed to the devotees and VIPs to take note of this matter and cooperate with the management.
Octopus sleuths conducts annual mock drills at various prominent places, temples and government institutions in the state.
As part of this, under the supervision of Octopus SP Sri Nagendra Babu, a mock drill was conducted in Srivari Temple under the guidance of Additional SP Sri Nagesh Babu.
TTD Vigilance and security, civil police, reserve police, temple staff and medical staff were thoroughly briefed on how to act in the event of a terrorist attack.
Tirumala VGO Sri Nanda Kishore, Tirumala DSP Sri Srinivasa Achari, AVSOs, Police, Octopus and officers of various departments participated in this mockdrill operation
Speaking on the occasion the JEO said, with exactly a month left for the big annual fete which is set to commence with Dwajarohanam on April 17 on the auspicious day of Sri Rama Navami, TTD has begun making arrangements for the same.
He said the state festival of Sri Seeta Rama Kalyanotsavam is scheduled on April 22 and arrangements are underway for the big fest.
Earlier he instructed all the authorities concerned to make the necessary arrangements within the stipulated time keeping in view the huge inception of devotees.
CE Sri Nageswara Rao, DyEOs Sri Natesh Babu, Sri Harikrishna, Smt Prasanthi, Sri Gunabhushan Reddy, Sri Shivaprasad, Deputy Conservator of Forest Sri Srinivasulu, local district officials and others were also present.
In the event held in front of Srivari Temple at Tirumala, the representative of Hero Motors company Sri Lakshmisha
has handed over the keys of the two-wheeler to the temple Deputy EO Sri Lokanatham.
Tirumala D.I. Sri Subramaniam and others participated in this program.
The state function of Amarajeevi Sri Potti SriramuluJayanti will be observed by TTD at Annamacharya Kalamandiram in Tirupati on March 16.
Potti Sreeramulu was an Indian freedom fighter from the state of Andhra Pradesh and was revered as Amarajeevi (immortal being) for his self-sacrifice for the formation of a separate state for Andhra Pradesh. He became famous for undertaking a hunger strike for 56 days in support of having a separate state for Andhra Pradesh; he died in the process. The Jayanti fete will commence at 11 am on March 16.
Important days includes Dwajarohanam on March 16, Garuda Seva and Kalyanotsavam on March 21, Dhooli Utsavam and Radhotsavam on March 22, Chakra Snanam on March 24.
The Chairman was addressing a huge gathering of employees and retired employees at Mahati Auditorium as the Chief Guest to distribute the third installment of the house title proceedings distribution fest in on Tirupati on Tuesday.
The TTD Chairman along with the EO Sri AV Dharma Reddy handed over the proceedings to 4 thousand employees and pensioners.
On this occasion, the Chairman said that 16 years ago, when he was the Chairman of TTD, he tried to give houses to the employees of TTD on the orders of the then Chief Minister late Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy. He said that the allotment of houses to the employees was stopped due to the hurdles that came after his tenure and the pain still haunts him.
He said that he got the opportunity as TTD Chairman for the second time with the blessings of Sri Venkateswara Swamy and the blessings of the Honourable Chief Minister Sri YS Jaganmohan Reddy, and he felt that the divine blessings of Srivaru made his long waited a sincere dream come true after one and a half decades. He said when this matter was brought to the attention of the Chief Minister, he readily agreed with a kind heart.
''Today is a Red Letter Day in the History of TTD as over 9000 employees and retired employees were distributed house site pattas. I vow today that even the last person in TTD who joined a couple of years ago will also be given house pattas in future'', he asserted amidst a huge round of appreciation from the regular and retired employee fraternity.
Speaking on the occasion, TTD EO putforth the efforts behind this Maha Yagna of distributing house site pattas to regular and retired employees. He appealed to all not to believe false news spread by a section of media against the noble wish of government and TTD in providing housesite pattas which are cent percent legal and hurdle-free.
"TUDA layout is underway for Padiredu Aranyam house sites and similarly will be taken up at Palem also soon. Even those who were not alloted house site pattas due to court cases, new entrants will also be provided house pattas in the coming days", he added amidst grand applause from audience.
Later the office bearers of Retired Employees Welfare Association expressed their immense gratitude to TTD Chairman Sri Bhumana Karunakara Reddy, EO Sri AV Dharma Reddy, JEO Sri Veerabrahmam for making their decades-old dream come true.
Besides the Association President Sri Prabhakar Reddy, other office bearers including Sri Tota Venkateswarulu, Sri GLN Shastry, Sri Das, Retired CE Sri Ramachandra Reddy, Retired Lecturer Sri Bhumana Subramanyam Reddy, Retired DyEO Sri Chenga Reddy also spoke on the occasion.
Every inch of Mahati was filled by the beneficiaries.
JEO Sri Veerabrahmam, CE Sri Nageswara Rao, CPRO Dr Ravi, TTD Welfare Officer Smt Snehalata, DyEOs Smt Prasanthi, Sri Gunabhushan Reddy, Sri Shivaprasad, Sri Govindarajan besides various other officers, union leaders, retired employees, employees were also present.
• Approval to create 479 nurse posts to provide better medical services in view of the increasing number of patients in SVIMS Hospital.
-In the past in TTD, most of the recruitment of contract/outsourcing employees was done following their requirement in the respective areas and not through any notification, rule of reservation (RVR). To regularize the services of such employees as per G.O.No.114, the TTD board has decided to send a report on the same relaxing some of the rules requesting the state government.
- Approval towards the construction of hostels for providing accommodation to all the female students admitted in TTD colleges without any recommendation.
- Tender approval towards the construction of 10 lifts in PAC-1 for the convenience of devotees in Tirumala at a cost of Rs.1.88 crores.
- Sanction of security fencing left in the outer cordon area of Sri Padmavati Rest House, similarly, Balaji Nagar East side at Rs.1.50 crores.
- Approval to take up development works of the remaining 184 quarters of old C type, D type, new C type and D type quarters of TTD employees in Tirumala with Rs.14 crores.
- Approval towards the gold malam of the Makara Toranam in front of Bhashyakarlu in Tirupati Sri Govindarajaswamy temple, Tiruvabharans of Sri Parthasarathiswamy and Srikalyana Venkateswara Swamy.
TTD has a Tier 3 Data Center and Disaster Recovery Center for IT services. As per IT standard protocol, tech replacement should be done every seven years as part of the lifecycle management process. As part of this, a sanction of over Rs.12 crore towards the maintenance of data centres for five years has been approved.
- There are 15 historic and ancient temples, 13 temples built by TTD and 22 temples taken over by TTD. Permission towards undertaking necessary development works in these temples through SRIVANI Trust funds.
- An ex gratia of Rs.5 lakhs to the family of Tirumala Srivari Temple Paricharika Sri Yathirajan Narasimhan who recently died in an accident on the ghat road.
Special Principal Secretary of Endowments Department Sri. Karikalavalavan, TTD EO Sri AV. Dharma Reddy, JEO Sri. Veerabraham and several board members participated in this meeting.
TTD Chairman Sri Bhumana Karunakar Reddy said that the board has given opportunity to the former members of the TTD Board to have darshan of Srivaru with their family members (wife, children, mother and father alone) only for a few times in a year.
However, he said that some of the former board members are often seen violating this rule by bringing others along with them other than their family members for darshan of Srivaru frequently.
He said the former board members should follow the guidelines otherwise will not be allowed to have darshan of Srivaru if they bring others along with them instead of their family members.
The TTD Annamacharya Project and All Hindu Projects jointly organized the 45th death anniversary of Sri Rallapalli Ananthakrishna Sharma at Annamacharya Kalamandiram in Tirupati on Monday evening.
Earlier, the TTD officials paid floral tributes to the statue of Sri Rallapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma on Sri Padmavati Mahila University Road in the morning.
Dr. Vibhishana Sharma who presided over the program said that in 1949, TTD handed over the responsibility of Sri Venkateswara Oriental Research Institute to Sri Rallapalli. He is said to have composed hundreds of Sankirtans besides fixing the scriptures from the copper plates that were identified from the Tallapaka shelf in the Tirumala Srivari Temple.
It is said that only people like Sri Rallapalli, who are skilled in Shabdarthas, can solve Annamayya's sankirtanas well. He explained that they experienced the mysticism of the music and lyrics of Annamayya's hymns and presented them to the world.
Later famous poet Sri Puttaparthi Narayanacharya said that Sri Rallapalli was compared to Sage Vyasa.
Afterwards, Acharya Rallapalli Deepta, the granddaughter of Sri Rallapalli and Head of the Department of English, National Sanskrit University, spoke on the topic "Sri Rallapalli's Vaidushyam". She said that Sri Rallapalli has solved and written about two thousand Annamayya Sankirtans.
Renowned singer Smt. NC Sridevi spoke on the topic "Rallapalli Vari Sweya Kritulu".
DEO Dr. Bhaskar Reddy and others participated in this program.
Later Dhwajavarohanam was also observed lowering the flag on the temple pillar.
Temple Deputy EO Sri Devendra Babu, AEO Sri Subbaraju, Superintendent Sri Bhupathi, Temple Inspectors Sri Ravikumar, Sri Balakrishna and devotees participated in this program.