Navaratri festivities:Lord Venkateswara being taken in a procession on Simha Vahanam at Tirumala on Sunday as part of the ongoing Brahmotsavam.
TIRUMALA: On the third day of the ongoing nine-day annual Navaratri Brahmotsavams at Tirumala the processional deity of Lord Malayappa was taken around the mada streets on a golden “Simha” Vahanam in a grand procession. Thousands of devotees witnessed the colourful procession that lasted for over two hours.
The day also witnessed special rituals inside the hill temple.
The day as usual began with ‘Suprabhatam' to the main deity in the wee hours of the day followed by special rituals like – Ekantha Thirumanjanam to the Utsava deities at Ranganayakula mandapam, Koluvu and Panchanga sravanam inside the Bangaru vakili on Sunday morning.
The evening saw the conduct of Unjal seva at the Unjal mandapam situated outside the main temple complex followed by the grand procession of the Lord on golden ‘Muthyapu Pandiri' vahanam. The day came to an end with the Navarathri Koluvu and Asthanam inside the temple in the night.
Meanwhile the TTDs Specified Authority ( SA) Chairman J. Satyanarayana appealed to the devotees to make use of various facilities being extended to them by the temple management. Mr. Satyanarayana who noticed pilgrims sleeping on the open top granite steps in front of the main temple complex daring the cold weather, was taken aback when they explained him that spending the night in front of the main temple was part of their pilgrimage and tradition.
Meanwhile, the ‘Hundi' collections registered a record income of
Rs.1.95 crores by way of offerings from the visiting devotees.
Yet in another munificent donation Janardhan Reddy, a native of Mulakalacheruvu in Chittoor district donated Rs.30 lakhs to the TTDs Balaji Arogya Varaprasadini scheme
The TTDs Deputy reception officer Bhupathi Reddy received the amount on behalf of the management.
OM NAMO VENKATESAYA !
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