VIP movement irks Pushkar pilgrims in Vijayawada
8 years, 7 months ago

VIP movement irks Pushkar pilgrims in Vijayawada

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: VIP movement and scorching sun at Durga temple made life miserable for Pushkar pilgrims. With scores of people opting to visit Durga temple the queue lines have stretched out for 2km on either side of the temple. People had to face blazing sun with slow movement of queue lines as there wasn’t any roof too. Frequent movement of the VIPs added to the woes of pilgrims as police shut down the regular queue lines as and when a VIP arrived for darshan of Goddess Durga.

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Maintain queue lines properly during Brahmotsavams, says Srisailam EO
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maintain queue lines properly during Brahmotsavams, says Srisailam EO

The Hindu  

The Srisailam temple management has focussed on maintaining queue lines during the 11-day Maha Sivaratri Brahmotsavams which attract huge number of devotees to the hill shrine. Mr. Srinivasa Rao asked the officials to maintain the queue lines properly and take the cooperation of Police Department to manage them and avoid any untoward incident. The EO asked officials to coordinate with …

Crowd at Sabarimala shows signs of easing even as queues, traffic gridlocks continue
1 year, 3 months ago

Crowd at Sabarimala shows signs of easing even as queues, traffic gridlocks continue

The Hindu  

A couple of days after the authorities switched to firefighting mode to keep the crowd that has engulfed Sabarimala under control, the influx of pilgrims to the holy hillock showed signs of easing on Monday. A special squad of revenue officials, led by a duty magistrate and an executive magistrate, has been deployed to ensure basic amenities to those stuck …

Pilgrim rush at Tirumala swells at the end of summer
2 years, 8 months ago

Pilgrim rush at Tirumala swells at the end of summer

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: With the summer almost coming to an end, the hill town of Tirumala has been witnessing a surge in devotee arrivals in the holy hills for the darshan of Lord Venkateswara. On Sunday, all compartments in the Vaikuntam queue complexes were full and devotees waited in a 4-km-long queue for darshan while the accommodation counters in Tirumala too put …

Virtual queue ends crowding at Sabarimala
12 years, 4 months ago

Virtual queue ends crowding at Sabarimala

The Hindu  

P. Chandrasekharan, Sabarimala Chief Police Coordinator and Additional Director General of Police, said here on Friday that the State police were of the view that progressive use of the virtual queue was the only way to avoid crowding of pilgrims and to facilitate smooth darshan at Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala during the annual pilgrim season. Addressing a press conference, …

More pilgrims to make use of virtual queue system
12 years, 5 months ago

More pilgrims to make use of virtual queue system

The Hindu  

The State police have taken steps to check impersonation in the virtual queue introduced to facilitate smooth darshan at the Atyyappa temple during the annual pilgrim season, P. Chandrashekharan, Additional Director General of Police, has said. Talking to The Hindu on Wednesday, Mr. Chandrashekharan said the police could successfully implement the virtual queue system at Sabarimala during the previous pilgrim …

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