Tirupati: This year's Tumburu Theertha Mukkoti festival reverberated with piety as thousands of devotees thronged the sacred site for a holy dip in the cascading waters. Coinciding with the auspicious Pournami spanning March 24th and 25th, the TTD facilitated access to the Theertha on both days. A total of 15,750 devotees embarked on the trek and performed the sacred Theertha …
Exposing the chinks in the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams security wing, a private taxi bearing Tamil Nadu registration number on Wednesday roamed freely along the thoroughfares of the town, vividly displaying the name of a spiritual leader of an alien religion on its dickey’s cover. Devotees expressed their dismay at the “blatant attempt to proselytise,” which the state government had banned …