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The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has opened online bookings for special entry darshan tickets for Vaikunta Ekadasi, a prominent Hindu festival celebrated at the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala. Special Entry Darshan tickets also became available online from 11 am on Tuesday, December 24. Special Entry Darshan tickets became available online from 11 am on Tuesday, December 24. Vaikunta Ekadasi tickets: …

A coordination meeting of officials of various government departments was held at the Collectorate here on Friday in connection with the preparations for the ‘Vaikunta Ekadasi’ festival at Srirangam Sri Renganathaswamy temple. Presided over by Collector M. Pradeep Kumar, the meeting was attended by Commissioner of Police N. Kamini, District Revenue Officer R. Rajalakshmi and the temple’s Joint Commissoner / …

Temple Pradeep Kumar Srirangam Ekadasi Festival

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 …

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 …