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Hindu Dharma Prachara Yatra Concludes at Tirumala
Tirumala, 31 March 2021: The Hindu Dharma Prachara Yatra organised by the Junior Pontiff of Visakha Sarada Peetham Sri Sri Sri Swatmanandendra Saraswathi Swami which concluded on Wednesday at Tirumala.
Accompanied by1200 tribal and Dalit devotees from remote areas of Visakhapatnam, the pontiff came to Srivari temple in padayatra from PAC-3 and offered prayers at Srivari temple.
Thereafter they performed bhajans at the Nada Niranjanam platform and were presented religious books.
Speaking on the occasion the pontiff said he launched the Hindu dharma Prachara Yatra in 2019 to preserve Hindu dharma and stop conversions in the tribal belt.
He said the Yatra has traversed 33,000 kms in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh since its inception propagating the significance of Hindu dharma. The Yatra concluded at the abode of Sri Venkateswara Swamy in Tirumala on March 31, wherein he prayed for motivation to 1200 Dalits and tribals to take up Hindu dharma propagation.
He said prayers were also offered to Sri Venkateswara to end the pandemic.
Later the pontiff also served Anna Prasadam at the Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasadam Center to devotees and lauded the TTD for its stellar service to devotees strictly following COVID-19 guidelines.
Conspirancy to Malign TTD - Addl Eo
Tirumala, 31 Mar. 21: Seriously refuting the false propaganda on the human hair smuggling issue, TTD Additional EO Sri AV Dharma Reddy said, some vested interests had hatched a conspiracy to damage the reputation of the premiere Hindu Religious Institution with a malicious campaign.
Releasing the documents of seizures made by Assam Rifles, Customs and the Mizoram police, the TTD Additional EO said TTD had no connection to the seized material.
Addressing a media conference at the Annamaiah Bhavan in Tirumala on Wednesday the Additional EO said in spite of all disclosures the vested interests were targeting TTD and AP Government through social media, print and electronic media and hurting the sentiments of the devotees.
He said the baseless charge was that TTD officials and Customs officials were clandestinely transporting the tonsured hair.
He said there was no reference or link to the TTD in the Rs.18, 17, 089 worth rotten human hair seized on February 8 by the Mizoram police. The police and customs reports categorically stated that the seizes hair were not linked to TTD at all and wee also useless for processing.
But a section of media is making all-out efforts to damage the reputation of TTD and thereby hurting the sentiments of Hindu devotees across the globe.
The Additional EO said TTD had established a transparent and state of art technology to process treatment cum storage of tonsured hair. Not a single glade of hair is offered in e-auction without it’s processing.
He said the malafide campaigners had painted the officials of Kalyanakatta, TTD Vigilance and 1200 barbers as ‘thieves ‘ and marked them guilty.
He said there baseless allegations of malpractices in the e-auction platform and invited the representatives of media to participate in the next auction of tonsured hair due in April and see for themselves whether there were any syndicates or room for malpractices in the sale proceedings.
The Additional EO said it was not good to malign a few TTD officials and employees by media for sake of cheap popularity. Where is need for TTD officials to transport Rs.18 lakh worth unprocessed spoiled hair in a truck 3000 kms away near Mizoram, he questioned.
He said the reports given by the Mizoram police clarified that the seized truck belonged to a Mizoram based lady who had paid the truck driver Rs.15, 000 to transport locally collected hair.
He said the cheap publicity had hurt the TTD employees mentally who were working in the division in spite of health hazards.
The Additional EO said police has been instructed to take stringent action on individuals and media organisations which resorted to baseless campaign on TTD.
He said if the media representatives proved their allegations after visiting Mizoram, TTD is ready to initiate necessary action.
TTD Addl Eo Review on New Covid Guidlines
Tirumala, 31 Mar. 21: TTD Additional EO Sri AV Dharma Reddy on Wednesday directed officials to take extra precautions on devotees health security in view of Covid spike in the country.
Addressing a review meeting at Annamaiah Bhavan in Tirumala, the Additional EO urged them to make foolproof arrangements for Srivari Darshan as per new Covid guidelines.
FOLLOWING ARE IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS
- All devotees should compulsorily wear masks at all crowded locations of Tirumala like Vaikuntam queue complex, Srivari temple, Anna Prasadam Complex, Kalyanakatta and sanitise the region once in 2 hours
- Sarva Darshan tokens slashed from 22,000 to 15,000 per day. Devotees from Tamilnadu, Karnataka etc. should note the change.
- Installation of thermal scanners at Anna Prasadam centres and Room allocation sub-centres.
- Only two persons per room and complete sanitation after each vacation.
- Devotees visiting Tirumala should bring their own masks and sanitizers and clean their hands once in two hours.
- Devotees should also utilise the sanitizers provided at the Vaikuntam queue complex and Srivari temple.
- Foot-operated sanitizers to be installed in queue lines.
- Devotees should observe physical social distancing everywhere at Tirumala.
- After frequent COVID-19 situation assessment, TTD mulling to reduce the online issue of ₹300, special Darshan tickets.
- Devotees with time slot tokens by road vehicles to be allowed at Alipiri checkpoint by 1.00 pm of previous
- Devotees with time slot tokens by walk to be allowed at Alipiri and Srivari Mettu at 09.00 am of the previous day.
- Devotees to be allowed in Vaikuntam queue complex just 30 minutes before the allotted time slot
- All vehicles to be sanitized at Alipiri and devotees to undergo thermal scanning.
- Devotees with Cold, cough and fever should postpone their Tirumala visit.
- All TTD employees to be vaccinated and HoDs of each department should get it done as part of their duty.
- TTD will publicise precautionary measures of Covid through Radio Broadcasting in five languages. TTD is also installing flex's on Dos and Don’ts for devotees at all major crowded locations.
- Chief engineer Sri Ramesh Reddy, Srivari temple DyEO Sri Harindranath, Health Officer Dr RR Reddy, CMO Dr Narmada were present
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TTD Security Activitie Briefed to Trainee IPS Officers
Tirumala, 31 Mar. 21: Two dozen trainee IPS officers hailing from different states across the country including two women police officers from Nepal were briefed on TTD policing activities.
Chairing the session jointly, both TTD Chief Vigilance and Security Officer Sri Gopinath Jatti along with Tirupati Urban SP Sri Venkatappala Naidu briefed the Trainee IPS officers on TTD Vigilance and Security system and Policing in the district with a special focus on Tirumala respectively.
The briefing session was held at Annamaiah Bhavan in Tirumala on Wednesday evening.
Earlier the IPS trainees went on a field visit to Vaikuntam Queue Complex, temple, laddu counters etc. and observed the checking, scrutiny and fool proof security set up adopted by TTD.
VGO Sri Bali Reddy was also present.







