Balalaya Samprokshana Held at Sri Govindaraja Swamy Vari Temple

TTD Chairman Sri YV Subba Reddy on Monday said that the gold plating works of Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple vimana will be completed by mid of 2022.

 

Participating in the concluding event of five day long Balalaya program which began on September 9 and concluded on September 13 with Samprokshana fete at the temple premises, the TTD Chairman said the Sri GT Gopuram was completed in1972 and the TTD board decided to take up gold plating works in 2018.

 

He said the entire gold plating will cost Rs.32 crores and is comprised of 100 kgs of gold and 4300 kgs of copper plates. However, all the Nitya Kainkaryams for Mula murti will continue uninterrupted at the Balalaya organised at the Kalyana Mandapam in the temple.

 

Earlier the vaidika programs of Purnahuti, Divya Prabandam Sattumora were conducted followed by Balalaya Samprokshana. Later in the afternoon Nityakatla Kainkaryams and in the evening, the vaidika activities will be observed at the Yagashala.

 

Tirupati MLA Sri Bhumana Karunakar Reddy, TTD EO Dr KS Jawahar Reddy, Additional EO Sri AV Dharma Reddy, JEO Smt Sada Bhargavi, CVSO Sri Gopinath Jatti, Chief Engineer Sri Nageswara Rao, FA&CAO Sri O Balaji, Temple Special Grade DyEO Sri Rajendrudu, Temple Chief Archaka Sri P Srinivasa Dikshitulu, Agama Advisor Sri Vedanta Vishnu Bhattacharya and others were present.