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TTD Revokes its Decision on Darshan During Mahasamproshanam Fete

News 1:18 PM

Tirumala, 17 July 2018: The temple management of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has revoked it's earlier decision to cancel darshan to pilgrims during Maha Samprokshanam from August 11 to 16.

EO along with TTD Trust Board Chairman Sri Putta Sudhakar Yadav speaking to media persons at Annamaiah Bhavan in Tirumala on Tuesday said that, this decison has been taken under the instructions of Honourable CM of AP Sri N Chandrababu Naidu.

Elaborating further EO said, after thoroughly reviewing the situation, Honourable CM has given us all directives to ensure that there should not be any constraint to rituals and inconvenience to pilgrims during this period. "Now the decision is open to pilgrims. We will go with majority of pilgrim opinion on the mode of darshan whether to allot tickets online or to provide darshan on first come first serve basis based on the availability of time. We will receive the feedback from pilgrims till 23rd July since the Board Meeting is on July 24. A final call on how to provide darshan will be taken in the board meeting", said, TTD EO Sri Anil Kumar Singhal.

Adding further the EO said,

"Our earlier decision to dispense with darshan to pilgrims from August 11 to 16 was also in the larger interests of pilgrims as we could be able to allot hardly 30 hours during the six day period of religious ceremony for darshan. During this time we could be able to provide darshan to less than 15thousand pilgrims a day in the available time space. Our chief aim behind the previous decision was to avoid inconvenience and hardship to Pilgrims", both Chairman and EO reiterated.

Pattu Vastrams from Sri Rangam Gifted to Tirumala Lord

Spiritual 1:14 PM

Tirumala, 17 July 2018: In a traditional practice, a team of religious persons from Sri Rangam temple have presented silk vastrams to Lord Venkateswara on the auspicious day of Anivara Asthanam.

Earlier TTD chairman Sri P Sudhakar Yadav along with Incharge JEO Tirumala, Sri P Bhaskar went to Sri Pedda Jiyangar Mutt and received the Sri Rangam religious team and HH Pedda Jiyar Swamy and HH Chinna Jiyar Swamy from Pedda Jiyangar Mutt.

In a procession along four mada streets, the vastrams were taken inside the temple.

Speaking on this occasion, the JEO said, the Tirumala deity receives the presentation from Sri Rangam temple on this day. While the Vastram presentation to Sri Ranganatha Swamy from Tirumala reaches on Kaisika Ekadasi day.

Endowment Minister of Tamil Nadu Sri S Ramachandran, Srirangam Trust Board Chairman Sri Venu Srinivasan, Endowment Commissioner Jaya, Jt Commissioner / EO of Srirangam Temple Sri Jayaraman and others were present.

Sri Ranga Vastrams Offers

Spiritual 1:09 PM

Tirumala, 17 July 2018: Anivara Asthanam, the annual budget festival in Tirumala temple was held amidst religious fervour on Tuesday.

The processional deities of Sri Malayappa Swamy, Sridevi and Bhudevi accompanied by Sri Vishwaksena were seated in facing Garudalwar inside Bangaru Vakili and Asthanam was performed.

The previous year’s accounts of the office are presented before the deity by the principal officers ande new account books were issued for recording finances of the next fiscal.

TTD chairman P Sudhakar Yadav, EO Anil Kumar Singhal, board members Rudraaju Padmaraju,C Ramachandra Reddy, Tirumala In-charge JEO P Bhaskar, CVSO In-charge Siva Kumar Reddy, Temple DyEO

Harindranath and others were also present.