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Impressive RFeligious and Musical Fete at Srivari Brahmotsavams













On Saturday, the second day of Srivari annual Brahmotsavam, the Nada Neerajanam and Asthana Mandapam platforms in Tirumala reverberated to rhythms and music enthralling audiences.


The cultural programs were organised under the auspices of TTD Hindu Dharmic Projects.

From 4.30 am to 5.30 am on Nada Neerajanam stage, Sri. Muniratnam, Sri Krishnamurthy, Sri. Krishna Rao team of SV Sangeet Nritya College performed enchanting Mangala Dhwani.

From 5:30 am to 6:30 am Sri Ramachandra Ghanapati of Rajahmundry gave religious discourse on “ Vedopadesam-Loka Kalyana Pradam" .Later in the evening from 4pm to 5 pm Srinidhi group from Hyderabad sang Annamayya sankirtans.

'Vishnu Sahasranama Parayanam' by smt. Seetharamanujamma from Hyderabad was observed at Asthana Mandapam from 7 am to 8 am.

Devotional music by was rendered by smt. Reshma Madhusudan from Bangalore from 10 to 11:30 am and followed Sri Jaganmohana from Hyderabad. 

From  11:30 am to 12:30 pm Acharyas lectures on 'Bhagavad Gita under the Alwar prabanda project also held.

Later, from 4pm to 5.30 pm, smt. Sushila group from Tirupati sang Annamacharya Sankeerthans melodiously. From 5:30 pm to 7 pm Harikatha was performed by Smt Varalakshmi group from Tirupati.

Review Meeting Held





TTD EO Sri J Syamala Rao along with Additional EO Sri Ch Venkaiah Chowdary held a review meeting in Brahmotsavam Cell opposite Rambhageecha 1 in Tirumala on Saturday.


While appreciating the teamwork officers for making the CM visit a success he asked the Heads of all departments to play a pro-active role in improving the services to pilgrims.

He insisted on a checklist for each and every activity and a proper feedback mechanism from pilgrims plays a major role for the betterment of administration.

Later he received the feedback from all the Eight Sectoral Officers and instructed that all the officials should execute their work with role clarity.

He directed the officers concerned to verify the tariffs and cleanliness in eateries, prices charged by taxis and take action of found violated.

JEOs Smt Goutami, Sri Veerabrahmam, CVSO Sri Sridhar, CE Sri Satyanarayana and other Heads of various departments were also present.

Do not Give Any Gifts During Umbrella Precession-TTD




TTD  has appealed that devotees should not offer any gifts during the umbrella procession that reaches Tirumala from Chennai to be decorated during Garuda Vahana Seva on October 8 as part of Srivari Salakatla Brahmotsavam.


TTD reiterated that the gifts given by devotees do not reach TTD and the institution has nothing to do with the gifts.

During the  Srivari annual Brahmotsavam, many Hindu organizations donate umbrellas from Chennai in a procession to Tirumala and present them to Srivaru. 

These umbrellas brought in a procession are expected to reach Tirumala on October 7.

Cute Performances Impresses



























On the second day of the ongoing annual Srivari Brahmotsavam 412 artists comprising of 17 cultural teams from nine states rendered their art in front of Chinna Sesha Vahana along the Mada streets on Saturday.


Participating states included Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Orissa, Maharashtra, Manipur and Punjab.

Prominent among them were Kuchipudi dance performed by students of Sri Venkateswara Sangeet Nritya College, Tirupati and Dharani Kashyap troupe from  Coastal Andhra region.

Devotees waiting in the Mada streets galleries were also enthralled by the Odissi dance performed by Vasuki Rao troupe from Odisha, Jago art form performed by Ram troupe from Rajasthan. 

Among others, the Kuchipudi dance performed by Renuka troupe from  coastal Andhra and Sujendra Babu troupe from Karnataka Performed Bharatanatyam. 

A spectacular Mahavishnu Avatar Rupakam was performed by Ananya from Bangalore, Simi Rupakam was performed by Rajeshwari Troupe from Maharashtra, and a traditional dance performed by Raksha Karthik  troupe from Bangalore held devotees spellbound.

Dasa Sankirtana Rupakam was performed by Geetha Troupe from Anantapur, Goomar Traditional Art Dance performed by Ajay Troupe from Chhattisgarh, Pridvi team from Karnataka presented Suggikunita dance, Kolata dances from Railway Koduru, Anakapalli, Tirupati and Tirumala also impressed the audience.

All Projects Program Officer Sri Rajagopal, Dasa Sahitya Project Special Officer Sri Ananda Theerthacharyulu and others were present.

AP CM Reviews With TTD Officials









The Honourable Chief Minister of AP Sri Chandrababu Naidu held a review meeting TTD officials on various activities.


The meeting took place at SPRH on Saturday. He emphasised that devotees feedback on TTD services should be focused and special efforts be made to collect their opinions and study its feasibility for implementation.

He asked the state endowment minister Sri Anam Ramnarayan Reddy to implement feedback mechanism from the devotees at all premiere temples on the lines of Tirumala for improving facilities to pilgrims.

The chief minister instructed TTD officials to focus on elevating and promoting the glory, sanctity and devotees faith in Tirumala shrine and only Govinda Nama Smarana should resound in Tirumala.

He said the Tirumala is the holiest spiritual hub of the country and as such every one should strive to enhance the glory of lord Sri Venkateswara and also the sanctity and serenity of Tirumala.

The chief minister insisted that there should be no compromise in service to common devotees and VIP culture should be reduced to normalcy and the everyone should respect the sentiments of devotees and act accordingly.

Devotees should go home with good memories of their spiritual experience at Tirumala, he asserted.

Among others he directed officials to make advance plan on water availability, increase forest coverage from present 72% to 80% with a 5 year plan, Bio-diversity protection measures of TTD forests, continue the quality of laddu and Anna Prasadam as devotees are happy with present standards with the use of best quality raw materials in preparation of laddu and Anna Prasadams.

He also suggested to enhance the standards of Srivari Seva by training sevaks with prominent spiritual organisations and improve their services to pilgrims.

Besides TTD EO Sri  J Shyamala Rao and Additional EO Sri Venkaiah Choudhary, all department heads participated in the review meeting.

AP CM Inaugurated Centralized Vakulamata Kitchen in Tirumala












The Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri N Chandra Babu Naidu has opened an advanced and furnished kitchen located on the Outer Ring Road on the rear side of Panchajanyam Rest House in Tirumala on Saturday.


About the Centralized Kitchen:

The kitchen costing around Rs.13.45cr is designed and constructed in a plinth area of 37,245 sq.ft with modern facilities for cooking, storing food grains, Vegetables & Milk – in the Ground Floor, preparation of food in the First Floor, Steam-based Cooking with boilers run by LPG and an exhaust system for providing ambient weather for the workers.
Purpose:

Whenever there is a heavy influx of pilgrims during holidays and in the weekends, this new centralized kitchen has been planned to serve 1.20 lakh pilgrims, the prepared food i.e. pulihora, sambar rice, pongal and upma on a day at the Counters already established at CRO- Central Reception Office, PAC- I, Ram Bagicha Rest House Bus Stand, Food counters along the outer Q lines.

Endowments Minister Sri Rama Narayana Reddy, Local MLA Sri Srinivasulu, Additional EO Sri Ch Venkaiah Chowdary, JEOs Smt Goutami, Sri Veerabrahmam, CVSO Sri Sridhar, CE Sri Satyanarayana, DyEO Annaprasadam Sri Rajendra, Special Catering Officer Sri GLN Shastry and others were present.