Fervour marks Koil Alwar Thirumanjanam in Tirumala
The periodical festival was on Tuesday observed as a prelude to the annual Anivara Asthanam slated on Wednesday (July 16).
As part of the festival, a rich herbal paste that acts as an disinfectant was applied to the walls, ceiling and pillars inside the sanctum sanctorum as well as at all the sub-temples within the temple complex after a thorough cleansing up of the inner precincts.
The darshan lines, which were interrupted in the morning, resumed by afternoon.
TTD Chairman B. R. Naidu, Executive Officer J. Shyamala Rao, Additional EO Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary were prominent among those who took part in the religious event that lasted for over five hours.
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