Pavitra Malas Offered to Deities on the Second Day

On the second day of the ongoing annual Pavitrotsavams in Tirumala temple on Thursday, the deities were decorated with Pavitra Malas.

 

Speaking on the occasion, TTD Chairman Sri YV Subba Reddy said, the significance of Pavitrotsavams is that the priests symbolically seek the pardon of Srivaru for their acts of all omissions and commissions committed either knowingly or unknowingly during the performance of daily rituals to the presiding deity inside the temple all through the year.

 

HH Tirumala Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamy, HH Tirumala Sri Chinna Jiyar Swamy, TTD EO Dr KS Jawahar Reddy, Additional EO Sri AV Dharma Reddy, CVSO Sri Gopinath Jatti, Temple DyEO Sri Ramesh Babu, VGO Sri Bali Reddy, Peishkar Sri Srihari were also present.