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The 10-day ‘Vaikuntha Dwara Darshan’ organised astatine the Tirumala temple from December 30 to January 8 has emerged arsenic a defining section successful the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams’ (TTD) administrative history, drafting wide appreciation from devotees for its scale, ratio and execution.
Addressing the media successful Tirumala, TTD Chairman B.R. Naidu said the arrangements had evoked an unprecedented level of restitution among pilgrims, marking a wide beforehand implicit erstwhile years, and had besides muted the critics’ comments that the innovative ‘e-dip’ strategy was a failure.
During the festival period, 7.83 lakh devotees were facilitated darshan of Lord Venkateswara - astir 1 lakh much than those who had darshan during the erstwhile celebrations (6.83 lakh pilgrims).
Remarkably, January 3 recorded the highest footfalls (89,000), portion January 2, contempt being a weekday, witnessed darshan for astir 83,000 pilgrims.
The temple’s hundi collections stood astatine ₹41.14 crore. The merchantability of Srivari laddus touched 44 lakh, registering an summation of implicit 10 lakh compared to the erstwhile year. Annadanam reached 33 lakh devotees, which was 9.29 lakh oregon 39% much than past year.
A cardinal item was the extended usage of Artificial Intelligence done the Integrated Command and Control Centre, which enabled real-time monitoring of assemblage question and facilitated faster darshan adjacent for pilgrims without tokens. Nearly 93% of devotees expressed restitution with the wide arrangements.
Security and sanitation were accorded adjacent priority, with astir 2,400 constabulary unit and 1,150 vigilance unit deployed. Continuous cleanliness drives ensured hygienic queue lines, roads and nationalist utilities, portion mobile dispensaries operated round-the-clock successful darshan queues and Narayanagiri sheds. About 4,000 Srivari Seva volunteers assisted pilgrims passim the period.
Befitting the expansive festival and enhancing its spiritual ambience, the temple was adorned with 50 tonnes of accepted flowers, 10 tonnes of fruits and 4 tonnes of chopped flowers.
TTD Executive Officer Anil Kumar Singhal noted that the surge successful pilgrim numbers extended beyond Tirumala to TTD-run temples crossed the country, arsenic implicit 12 lakh footfalls were recorded this twelvemonth erstwhile compared to a meagre 7 lakh past time.
TTD Additional EO Venkaiah Chowdary said that effectual inter-departmental coordination and optimum utilisation of clip helped successful enabling much fig of devotees person creaseless and comfy darshan.
