Pilgrims Stranded As Heavy Rain Floods Temple Town Tirupati. See Pics
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The four maada streets' adjoining the main temple on Tirumala Hills, remained flooded, as was the Vaikuntham queue complex (cellar).
Tirumala, the abode of Lord Venkateswara, was caught in a massive flood of unprecedented scale on Thursday, leaving hundreds of pilgrims stranded even as a heavy downpour under the influence of a depression in Bay of Bengal battered the temple-town Tirupati and many parts of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.
The four ‘maada streets' adjoining the main temple on Tirumala Hills, remained flooded, as was the Vaikuntham queue complex (cellar).
Darshan of the God was virtually stalled as pilgrims could not venture out because of the inundation.
The Japali Anjaneya Swamy temple on Tirumala was inundated and idol of the God submerged.
