TTD making arrangements for issue of Vaikunta Dwara Darshan tokens for 10 days
The Hindu
TTD making arrangements for issue of Vaikunta Dwara Darshan tokens for 10 days. The darshan will be facilitated from January 10 to 19, 2025, and the tokens for the first three days will be issued on January 9, 2025.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has announced the issue of Sarvadarshanam time slot tokens for Vaikunta Dwara Darshan at the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala for 10 days, i.e. from January 10 to 19, 2025.
The tokens for the first three days (January 10, 11 & 12), numbering 1.20 lakh, will be issued from 5 a.m. on January 9, 2025.
Devotees possessing original Aadhaar card can walk into any of the counters set up at Ramachandra Pushkarini, Bhudevi Complex, Jeevakona High School, Indira Maidanam, ‘Srinivasam’ and ‘Vishnu Nivasam’ pilgrim accommodation complexes, Rama Naidu School at Bairagipatteda, and M.R. Palle School, all in Tirupati, and at Balaji Nagar in Tirumala, to get the tokens. The total number of counters is 91.
TTD Executive Officer J. Syamala Rao, accompanied by Additional EO Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary, Joint EO M. Gouthami, District Collector S. Venkateswar, Superintendent of Police L. Subbarayudu and Chief Vigilance and Security Officer S. Sridhar, inspected the arrangements made at some of the counters in Tirupati on December 25, 2024 (Wednesday).
“Slips with photo identification will be issued to the devotees. Those without tokens will not be allowed for darshan during the 10 days,” Mr. Syamala Rao said.
Special queues and barricades have been erected to ensure order at the centres. The TTD management has also arranged drinking water and public toilets at the venues for the benefit of the waiting devotees.
TTD Chief Engineer S. Satyanarayana, Superintending Engineers Manoharam and Venkateshwarlu, and General Manager (Transport) P.V. Sesha Reddy were present.
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