Tirupathi temple: devotees need to wait for 15 HOURS to have the Darshan of Lord Venkateswara!!
Posted on: 08/Jul/2022 11:56:52 AM
On Thursday (6th July), the situation arose when the devotees had to wait for up to 15 HOURS to have Darshan of their favourite Lord Venkateswara!
Even after the conclusion of the summer holidays, a large crowd of devotees keep visiting the Tirupathi temple for the Darshan of their favourite Lord Venkateswara! The devotees’ crowd is even more during the weekends!!
Due to this, the ‘VIP Break Darshan’ has been cancelled during the weekends and priority is given to ‘Dharma Darisanam’! As such, the devotees’ crowd level touches 70000 during the weekends!
As only those devotees who had booked the Darshan Tickets only were allowed for Darshan, as the number of devotees had increased quite substantially,
The Thirumalai-Tirupathi Devasthanam Board (TTD) has allowed even the devotees who had NOT booked their Darshan tickets!
The devotees visiting Tirupathi for the Darshan of Lord Venkateswara are asked to show their Aadhar cards, and then made to wait in the Vaiguntam Waiting Halls and then sent for Darshan!
As per the status on Thursday (6th July), the devotees filled the 31 Waiting Halls at the Vaiguntam Complex, and spilled over to form a standing queue for Darshan! As such, up to 1H hours ARE REQUIRED FOR Darshan!
The waiting time for the Rs. 300/- Quick Darshan is 2 to HOURS! Food, Milk, water, etc., are being served to the devotees in the Waiting Halls.
On Wednesday morning, 76418 devotees had Darshan of Lord Venkateswara! Out of these devotees, 38629 devotees tonsured their heads!
The distribution of ‘SarvadarshanTokens’ at the Bhoodevi Complex, Srinivasam, Govindaraja Swami Chathiram, and 2 or 3 other places has been temporarily stopped!
As the number of visiting devotees has increased substantially, the ‘Ekantha Sevai’ for Lord Venkateswara is performed at 11.30 PM and then the temple corridors are closed!
The devotees with permission for Darshan are allowed to move 24 hours via the Alibiri footpath and on the Srivarimettu pavement from 6.00 AM to 6.00 PM. The mountain route is opened at 3.00 AM and closed at Midnight.
Two-wheelers are permitted only from 4.00 AM till 10.00 PM on the mountain route!
As informed by the Thirumalai-Tirupathi Devasthanam Board (TTD), devotees interested in registering their complaints regarding Darshan or rented rooms, etc., can contact the toll-free numbers 1800425414 OR 9399392390.
