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: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is fully geared to observe the grand twin-day annual event of Vaikunta Ekadasi and Dwadasi at the abode of Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala on Dec 23 and 24. According to TTD executive officer AV Dharma Reddy, TTD has released special entry darshan, slotted sarva darshan, Srivani and virtual seva darshan tickets online for the pilgrims. …
P. Jayaraman, Joint Commissioner of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Chennai, on Monday inspected the arrangements at the Srirangam Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in connection with the ongoing Vaikunta Ekadasi festival that commenced on December 12. Accompanied by the temple’s Joint Commissioner Mariappan and HR&CE department officials, Mr. Jayaraman spent over three hours at the temple complex. Mr. Jayaraman inspected …
November 03, 2023 07:22 pm | Updated 07:22 pm IST - TIRUMALA The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has resolved to release 6.70 lakh tickets relating to ‘Vaikunta Dwara’ darshan for the period between December 23 and January 1. As part of the arrangements, about 2.25 lakh Special Entry Darshan tickets of ₹300 each will be made available online on November 10. …
HYDERABAD: Temples were decked up for the auspicious Hindu day of Vaikunta Ekadasi, which falls on Monday this year. The famous Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Yadadri will open its north gate for the first time since the renovation was completed. We are expecting a large number of devotees.” The TTD temples in Himayatnagar and Jubilee Hills, the Venkateshwara Swamy …
TIRUPATI: To make the Vaikunta Dwara Darshan more accessible to common pilgrims, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams have dispensed with all other formats of special darshans and arjitha sevas from January 2 to 11. But, following the practice of opening the Vaikunta Dwaram for ten days as in the last two years, the TTD will enable the unique Vaikunta Dwara Darshan …
