SPECTACULAR SIGHT: Deities of Lord Venkateswara and His consorts being taken out in a procession on the ‘Chinna Sesha Vahanam' in Tirumala on Saturday.
TIRUMALA: On the second day of the ongoing Navaratri Brahmotsavams on Saturday the famous hill temple of Lord Venkateswara reeled under the heavy impact of pilgrim crowd.
The pilgrim turnout, which was moderate on the first day gradually picked up with the break of the dawn this morning and swelled as the day progressed.
Full capacity
The turnout was so huge that all the compartments in the second Vaikuntam queue complex were full to its capacity by the evening.
The management which had an ‘early' estimate of the crowd with the fourth ‘Peratasi' Saturday coinciding (today) with the nine-day festival had initiated precautionary arrangements to meet the requirements of the visiting crowd.
With a view to clearing the pilgrim rush and facilitate an early darshan for the pilgrims in queue lines, the temple management went in for the ‘Maha laghu darshan' system inside the hill temple.
Earlier the day commenced with the performance of special rituals inside the temple followed by the ‘Chinna Sesha' Vahanam in the morning. The processional deity of Lord Malayappa Swamy mounted atop the five-hooded golden ‘Chinna Sesha Vahanam' was taken around in a grand procession around the mada streets of the hill town. Thousands of pilgrims witnessed the colourful procession which lasted for more than two hours.
Rs. 1.13 cr. collected
According to temple sources an estimated 70,000 pilgrims had darshan of the Lord today while the temple netted an income of Rs. 1.13 crore on the first day of the nine-day festival despite moderate turnout in the pilgrim rush.
The day came to an end with the procession of Hamsa Vahanam in the night. The ‘Surabhi' dance troupe, which preceded the procession, drew appreciation for their impressive performance.
OM NAMO VENKATESAYA !
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