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 …
Tirupati: A sea of humanity was present at the hill town of Tirumala to witness the procession of Lord Venkateswara Swamy on seven different vahanas, marking the Ratha Saptami festival on Friday. As part of the festival celebrated on the occasion of Surya Jayanthi, the processional deity of Lord Malayappa Swamy appeared in different attires and took a celestial ride …
Religious ecstasy marked the Vaikunta Ekadasi festival at the temple of Lord Venkateswara, here on Saturday. Thousands of devotees who had congregated in front of the main temple complex went into raptures as the priests formally unlocked the huge wooden doors and the air was electrified with their rhythmic chanting of ‘‘Govinda, Govinda’‘ laced with the sonorous blowing of conches …
Tirupati: In view of summer holidays and weekends, the abode of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala is witnessing heavy pilgrim rush with waiting time for darshan of the presiding deity stretching beyond 48 hours, as on Saturday evening. The Vaikuntam queue complexes – I and II - and other vital points in the temple town have been bustling with heavy pilgrim …
