Devotees successful ample numbers gathered astatine the Kapila Theertham waterfalls for the auspicious “Mahalaya Amavasya” connected Sunday (September 21, 2025) triggering information and information concerns astatine the famed shrine located astatine the ft of Tirumala hills.
“Mahalaya Amavasya” is an yearly lawsuit wherever the devout execute ineffable rituals to wage tributes to the departed souls. It is usually done connected the steps starring to the vessel oregon the waterfall wrong the Kapila Theertham compound. However, the abrupt inflow of unreserved into the analyzable caught the information unit unaware, starring to pushing and jostling.
The TTD authorities had not made immoderate peculiar arrangements for the day, arsenic it is not a temple-related event, and did not expect the dense footfall.
As the assemblage surge increased, the devotees struggled to determination astir arsenic the introduction and exit routes were packed. The lack of a parking batch astatine Kapila Theertham turned retired to beryllium a conspicuous lacuna, with hundreds of vehicles parked successful a haphazard manner, blocking the creaseless postulation flow.
Superintendent of Police L. Subbarayudu rushed to the spot to show the situation. He dismissed societal media reports of ‘yet different stampede’ successful Tirupati and appealed to the nationalist to to judge rumours. The constabulary monitored the assemblage by deploying further manpower and done drones.
