Sri Srinivasa Divyanugraha Visesha Homam is A Boon for Devotees -Pilgrim Caller

Pouring in laurels on Sri Srinivasa Divyanugraha Visesha Homam commenced by TTD at Alipiri Gomandiram on November 23, a pilgrim caller Sri Eswar from Tirupati described it as a boon for devotees who wish to perform the sacred pyre on their special days and thanked TTD Chairman and the EO for introducing the unique Homam for the sake of devotees.

The monthly Dial your EO programme was held at Annamaiah Bhavan in Tirumala on Friday wherein the TTD EO Sri AV Dharma Reddy attended to the calls of 24 pilgrims. The caller from Tirupati also sought EO to introduce a Twitter account for TTD to resolve the issues of pilgrims as the Dial you EO programme lasts only for an hour. Replying to the caller, the EO said, already TTD has a call centre, a Whatsapp number for the redressal of devotees' complaints. However, he said, he will look into the possibility of opening a Twitter account for TTD. 

Another caller, Sri Sudhakar Rao from Cheepurupalli suggested EO to check the possibility of Giripradakshinam for Tirumala also akin to Tiruvannamalai to which the EO responded, it is indeed a great suggestion. But due to its geographical composition, Giripradakshina is not possible in Tirumala, instead, the possibility of Maha Pradakshinam shall be checked for devotees taking a walk around the temple in the Outer Ring Road, he opinioned. 

A pilgrim caller Sri Appanna from Vizag sought EO to provide Akshata(holy rice) along with prasadam to devotees to which the EO answered it is not possible as the Akshata is provided only to Kalyanotsavam devotees. And to his another feedback he said, TTD has already prepared a chart to perform arjita sevas in Sri Godadevi sameta Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at Visakhapatnam which will be commenced soon.

The EO said stringent action will be taken against the staff in the luggage counter on which the pilgrim caller Sri Kumar from Rajamundry complained. Another caller Sri Ravi from Kavali suggested EO to commence an Eye Bank on the lines of Blood Bank to which he replied they will look into the possibility of establishing one at SVIMS superspecialty hospital.

Another caller Smt Vijaya Lakshmi sought the EO to facelift Sri Ranganatha Swamy temple in Warangal to which the EO said the team from TTD will inspect and see the possibility of developing the temple with SRIVANI funds.

When a Chennai-based devotee Sri Dhananjay sought EO to appoint an officer for the Alwar Divyaprabandha Project to which the EO reacted already an officer is there to take care of the programmes related to that Project.

Similarly, callers Sri Srinivas, Sri Shankar Goud from Hyderabad sought the EO to improve the quality of laddu prasadam and reduce the usage of sugar candy in it to which the EO said, laddus are being prepared by Potu workers as per the Dittam. However, he said once again they are instructed to maintain the quality, he added.