Shobhakruta Ugadi Asthanam Held

Sri Shobhakruta Nama Ugadi Asthanam was held with spiritual fervour in Tirumala temple on Wednesday.

After the processional deities of Sri Malayappa, Sridevi and Bhudevi along with Sri Vishwaksena were seated facing Garudalwar at Bangaru Vakili and Asthanam was performed.

Later new vastrams were offered to the deities on the auspicious occasion of Ugadi followed by rendition of Panchanga Shravanam.

HH Sri Pedda Jeeyar Swamy and HH Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamy of Tirumala, TTD Chairman Sri YV Subba Reddy, EO Sri AV Dharma Reddy, board members Sri Ramulu, Sri Maruti Prasad, Sri Ashok Kumar, JEO for H&E Smt Sada Bhargavi, SE 2 Sri Jagadeeshwar Reddy, Temple DyEO Sri Ramesh Babu, Peishkar Sri Srihari, VGO Sri Bali Reddy and others officials, staffs were present.

FLORAL DECORATIONS ATTRACTS DEVOTEES'

The special floral decorations made by TTD inside and outside Tirumala temple matching the auspicious occasion of Telugu Ugadi were admired by the visiting pilgrims a lot. Several floral donors from across the country contributed to make attractive decorations. About 150 workers strived for three days and nights to bring out beautiful carvings and decorations under the supervision of TTD Garden Deputy Director Sri Srinivasulu and his team.

Among the donors, Sri Govinda Mandot of Pune contributed for the decorations inside the Temple, while Sri Arun from Bengaluru for the unique swinging diorama with the theme of "Gajendra Moksham", which is attempted by TTD for the first time, stood as a special attraction. 

The other artistic decorations including the deities of Kruta, Treta and Dwapara yugas were donated by Sri Sekhar of Tiruppur, and the decorations outside the temple were donated by Sri Chandrasekhar and Sri Balasubramaniyam of Salem.

The decorators from Shimoga carved Dasavatarams on dry coconuts, Srilankan Mandala Art with coconut flowers for Dhwajasthambham, Srinivasa Kalyanam in Watermelon, Navadhanya Narasimha Swamy also garnered the attention of devotees.