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16.2.24

Suryanarayana Graces on Suryaprabha

Spiritual 11:55 AM

Tirumala, 16 February 2024: Amidst devotional vibrations gripping the entire Hill town of Tirumala, Surya Prabha Vahana Seva commenced on a grand religious note at 5.30 am.on Friday.

On reaching the North-west direction of the temple, the first rays of the sunrise touched the feet of Sri Malayappa Swamy who donned the guise of Suryanarayana to bless His devotees.

This episode is a sight for the devotees who have been waiting in galleries since Thursday night.

Surya the Sun God is the healer of all diseases. Giver of consciousness to nature. The rains, the trees, the oceans emerge healthy out of the Sun rays.

The darshan of Srivaru on the Saptami Tithi on Suryaprabha Vahanam gives fruits like health, education, wealth and progeny to the devotee. So devotees thronged in large numbers to catch the divine glimpse.

The performances by dance troupes in front of Vahanam added the glamour to the divine procession. Srivari sevaks were pressed into service in all galleries to serve food and water to devotees.

TTD Chairman Sri Bhumana Karunakara Reddy, EO Sri AV Dharma Reddy, some board members, JEO Sri Veerabrahmam, CVSO Sri Narasimha Kishore and other officers were present.

Social Audit of Temples Build Under Srivani Trust - TTD Eo

Spiritual 7:10 AM

TTD EO Sri.AV Dharma Reddy on Thursday said that a social audit was conducted in the temples built in some districts recently with the funds of Sri Venkateswara Alaya Nirmana Trust (Srivani) of TTD and the overwhelming happiness has been witnessed among the villagers.

The EO conducted a review of the construction of temples at the TTD administration building in Tirupati on Thursday.

On this occasion, the EO said that the construction of 320 temples in the areas of fishermen, tribals and backward classes has been completed under the auspices of Samarasatha Seva Foundation through Srivani Trust. He said that about Rs.26 crores have been spent on this. He said the social audit was done by leading Chartered Accountant firms registered with The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, a statutory system established by the Government of India.

He said that these organizations have prepared a questionnaire with 50 questions and collected opinions from the people of the surrounding areas of all the temples. After examining the opinions of the people, it was explained that the construction of the temples made them happy and that they were contributing to the propagation of Hindu Dharma by regularly going to the temples, performing pujas, bhajans and festivals. The villagers expressed their views that after the construction of the temples in the respective villages, there was a sense of divinity. He said that it is clear that conversions have almost stopped in those areas.

Propagation of Hindu Dharma through the construction of temples in fishing, tribal and backward areas is a milestone in the history of TTD.

TTD JEO Sri. Veerabrahmam, FACAO Sri. Balaji, DLO Sri. Veeraju, CAuO Sri. Seshashailendra, All Projects Program Officer Sri. Rajagopal and others participated in this meeting.

Sri Govindaraja Swamy Vari Teppotsavams

Spiritual 7:07 AM

The annual Teppotsavam will be held from February 17 to 23 at Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple in Tirupati.

For seven days, from 6.30 pm to 8 pm, the Swamy varu along with His Consorts will ride on floats in the Pushkarini.

The Lord in the guise of Sri Kodandarama Swamy on February 17, Sri Parthasarathy Swamy along with Sri Rukmini and Satyabhama on February 19, Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy on February 20, Sri Krishna Swamy with Andal Ammavaru on 20, and Sri Govindaraja Swamy on 21, 22 and 23.

Tirumala Sets to Observe Surya Jayanthi

Spiritual 4:20 AM

The hill town of Tirumala geared up to host one-day of Brahmotsavam in a grand manner on Friday.

Tirumala streets are already brimming with the pilgrim influx. Serpentine queues have become the order of the day at Accommodation centres from Thursday itself.

The arrangements by various departments of TTD were concluded and nearly 2000 Srivari sevaks are deployed exclusively for Mada streets to serve Annaprasadam, water, buttermilk to devotees along four Mada galleries.

Shades were erected to shield pilgrims from scorching temperatures.

Meanwhile, the devotees occupied galleries from the evening of Thursday itself to catch the darshan of Suryanarayana Murty on Surya Prabha Vahanam, the first and foremost of the day-long seven carrier series which commences at 5:30am and concludes by 8am on February 16. While the other Vahanams includes...

9 am to 10 am - Chinna sesha Vahana

11 am to 12 noon - Garuda Vahana

1 pm to 2 pm - Hanumantha Vahana

2 to 3 pm - Chakra Snanam Vahana

4 to 5 pm - Kalpavriksha Vahana

6 to 7 pm - Sarvabhupala Vahana

8 to 9 pm - Chandraprabha Vahana

On the other hand Annaprasadam, Health, Vigilance, temple wings have geared up to meet the pilgrim rush by making elaborate arrangements.