140 Covid-19 Cases In TTD; Yet No Stalling Of Darshan

TTD chairman YV Subba Reddy acknowledged about the number of Covid-19 cases in Tirumala. Confirming it, 140 cases have been reported so far and all of them are TTD staff working in several departments from priests to laddu making staff. Subba Reddy said 70 people have recovered and are currently under home quarantine. Out of […]

TTD Is Reopening, After The Trial Queue On June 8

Andhra Pradesh government has given green signal for Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams to allow devotees for darshan. Along with the permission, the government has issued guidelines to be implemented during the darshan and other activities. However, before allowing the common devotees, the TTD will be performing a trial queue with TTD employees and the locals. The […]

CM Jagan Only Listens To Public!

Ever since YS Jagan was in Opposition, he has been accused of “not listening” to his party’s senior leaders, fellow colleagues in party. The constant complaint on Jagan is that he would never pay heed to others. In fact, leaders who had quit YSRCP has made these accusations against Jagan and his political arch rivals […]

TTD Board resolves not to sell any properties including those donated by devotees

TIRUMALA: Putting an end to the controversy over the proposed auction of its ‘unviable’ properties, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board of Trustees on Thursday resolved not to sell any properties of the Lord Venkateswara or TTD including those donated by the devotees, through auction or otherwise. Disclosing it to mediapersons after a marathon meeting […]

Manchu Hero Questions TTD on Land Sales

Huge criticism is pouring down from all corners on Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams (TTD) on deciding to auction lands in Tamil Nadu. The main opposition TDP is bluntly opposing this move and now more and more voices are joining. Hero Manchu Manoj is probably the first celebrity to question the TTD on auctioning the lands. Taking […]

Don’t Play Politics With ‘Lord Balaji’

Considered to be one of the richest temples in the world, the Lord Balaji shrine atop the seven hills, earns more than Rs 3 crore a day through hundi offerings, sale of prasadams and through other sources. This apart, the temple also has land bank spread in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Tamil Nadu and across […]

No funds crunch in TTD, staff paid salaries!

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has enough funds in its exchequer and there is no problem for payment of salaries and also for maintenance of the temple administration. This was clarified by TTD trust board chairman Y V Subba Reddy to media persons in Tirupati on Wednesday. He strongly refuted the reports that appeared in a section […]

The Richest Temple TTD Suffering With Cash Crunch!

Due to the pandemic and prolonged lockdown, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) revealed that the trust has lost Rs 400 crore of revenue. The world’s richest shrine is closed for over 50 days in the wake of COVID-19 spread in the country. Anywhere from 1 lakh to 3 lakh people visit the temple daily but due […]

New IAS officer to replace Singhal as TTD EO?

If speculations doing rounds in the social media circles are to be believed, the YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh led by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is likely to shift present chief executive officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Anil Kumar Singhal very soon. According to these speculations, the Jagan government is likely […]