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Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
YSRCP is trying to defame TTD, destabilise govt: NDA
1 2 Tirupati : Leaders of the National Democratic Alliance ( NDA ) have accused the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) of attempting to sow conspiracies along religious lines to defame the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) with the intention of destabilising the incumbent govt. It may be recalled that on Friday night, a devotee in the Sarvadarshan queue created ruckus by accusing the TTD management of subjecting devotees to extreme hardships by not providing them with food and other refreshments during their hours-long wait in the queues for the darshan. The incident had immediately gone viral on various social media platforms. In an immediate response to the accusations, when the TTD administration reached out to the devotee, he retracted from his previous statements, stating he was feeling uncomfortable in the queue lines and hence, had levelled the accusations against the management. He also acknowledged that there was a continuous supply of food, milk and other refreshments for devotees waiting in the queues. Considering this was done with malafied intention, TTD additional EO Ch Venkaiah Choudary warned people to excercise restraint before resorting to malicious propaganda against TTD as it is linked to sentiments of millions of devotees of Lord Venkateswara. After an enquiry was carried out regarding the incident, the ruling TDP labelled the man, who had allegedly raised slogans in the queue line, as a YSRCP activist. HRD minister Nara Lokesh posted on X that the devotee who had tried to resort to false propaganda at Tirumala was a YSRCP activist identified as Baddili Acha Rao, a resident of Timmapuram village in Kakinada rural mandal. "Yet another conspiracy of the YSRCP at the sacred abode of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala has been exposed. While trying to execute their plans to perfection, miscreants recorded the propaganda and circulated it on social media. TTD management, led by its chairman BR Naidu, are committed to the welfare of the common devotees visiting Tirumala. Such conspiracies by the YSRCP on the sacred hill town will not be tolerated, and rather, will be dealt with in a stringent manner," the HRD minister warned .
Time of India
5 days ago
- Time of India
TTD additional EO inspects queue lines as waiting time for Darshan stretches upto 18 hours at Tirumala
TIRUPATI: Tirumala, the sacred abode of Lord Venkateswara, continues to attract a huge turnout of devotees from across the globe, as the waiting time for Darshan once again stretched up to the 18-hour mark on Saturday. While 71,721 pilgrims had Darshan at the Tirumala temple on Friday, close to 90,000 pilgrims were scheduled to have their Darshan on Saturday. With the summer vacations drawing to an end in June, Tirumala remained in the grip of an unprecedented pilgrim rush, especially in the last few days. As serpentine queue lines became the order of the day, pilgrims were seen waiting with their families in the queue lines, which stretched up to Silathoranam. TTD Additional EO Ch Venkaiah Choudary inspected the outside queue lines at Tirumala on Saturday. During his inspections, Venkaiah Choudary interacted with the pilgrims and sought their feedback on the supply of food and other refreshments to them while they were in the queue lines. He personally checked the quality of free food being distributed to the devotees. Later, the additional EO directed the TTD's Annaprasadam department to ensure round-the-clock supply of drinking water, milk, food, etc., by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Pruébalo cuanto antes Nuevo Qashqai Híbrido Obtén ofertas Undo to reduce the inconvenience caused to the devotees while they were waiting in the queue lines. The sanitation and health department was instructed to keep the toilets clean 24/7 for the convenience of the pilgrims. Meanwhile, Venkaiah Choudary directed the temple staff to speed up Darshan inside the temple complex so that the waiting time for Darshan comes down at least marginally. He also instructed the vigilance and security department sleuths to keep a strong tab on the pilgrim movements in the queue lines and at other high pilgrim congregation points at Tirumala. TTD Additional EO told reporters that the Devasthanams was following the instructions of Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu to facilitate Darshan for more common devotees. Hence, the VIP break Darshan on recommendation letters was cancelled till July 15 to cope with the heavy influx of pilgrims during the summer season. Venkaiah Choudary took strong exception to the manner in which some mischievous elements were resorting to false propaganda against the TTD in a bid to defame the institution. 'TTD will initiate legal proceedings against all those involved in malicious campaigns against the Tirupati trust,' the additional EO warned. 'Yesterday, a devotee raised slogans complaining about the non-supply of food and other refreshments in the queue lines. When we reached out to the devotee, he retracted his statement by claiming that he made false accusations as he was waiting in the queue lines for long. He himself confirmed that food and other refreshments were continuously being distributed to the devotees in the queue lines. But the entire episode was portrayed in a completely different manner to defame TTD, and such actions will not be spared,' Venkaiah Choudary warned.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Time of India
TTD directs eateries at Tirumala to serve 'Sathvik' food with utmost hygiene to devotees
TIRUPATI: has served a diktat to the hoteliers and operators of eateries and fastfood joints at Tired of too many ads? go ad free now to serve 'Sathvik' food with utmost hygiene to the devotees visiting the hill town. Addressing a gathering of hoteliers at Asthana Mandapam at Tirumala on Thursday, TTD additional EO Ch Venkaiah Choudary expressed concerns that there have been numerous complaints from the devotees about substandard food being sold to the devotees at exorbitant prices across Tirumala. 'There have been a spike in complaints regarding the unhygienic conditions prevailing at some of the fastfood joints and eateries on the hill town. And this is not at all acceptable at a worldclass pilgrim centre like Tirumala', additional EO asserted. Explaining to the hoteliers that it is the responsibility of the hoteliers to adhere to FSSAI standards and provide tasty and hygienic food to the visiting devotees, Venkaiah Choudary stated that the TTD authorities led by it's health department will henceforth conduct random surprise checks at all hotels and eateries on the hill town to ensure the same. 'Hotel operators must display valid trade licenses, GST certificates, and provide facilities for digital payments. They should renew their licenses within the stipulated time and display price lists prominently', additional EO underlined. Venkaiah Choudary further pointed out that the TTD was on it's part providing tasty free meals to the visiting devotees at Matrusri Tarigonda Vengamamba Nithya Annaprasadam canteen and across 33 other high pilgrim congregation points across Tirumala on a daily basis.
