Minister calls for strict planning ahead of ‘Chandanotsavam’ at Simhachalam

District in-charge Minister Dola Sree Bala Veeranjaneya Swamy has directed officials to guarantee nary lapses during the yearly Chandanotsavam of Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy astatine Simhachalam, scheduled for April 20. The festival draws thousands of devotees for darshan of the deity.

The Minister, held a reappraisal gathering connected Chandanotsavam on Tuesday, and request strict vigil and lone to let hereditary trustee, bearers of ‘pattu vastrams’ from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) for offering to the deity, Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts and donors, into the sanctum sanctorum. He told the officials to guarantee that devotees beryllium allowed successful accordance with the slots allotted to forestall overcrowding.

He said that the nationalist should beryllium informed done the media good successful beforehand that darshan would beryllium halted by 6 p.m. connected the erstwhile day. He directed officials to guarantee due coordination with people’s representatives to guarantee past mistakes bash not recur.

District Collector MN Harendhira Prasad, Police Commissioner Shankabratha Bagchi, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner Ketan Garg, Joint Collector Gobbilla Vidyadhari, DCPs Manikanta and Latha Madhuri, and Simhachalam Executive Officer N. Sujatha attended the meeting.

Mr. Veeranjaneya Swamy said that the merchantability of darshan tickets for introduction of devotees connected that time should beryllium completed good successful beforehand done counters astatine assorted places successful the city. The merchantability of tickets, costing Rs.1,500, Rs. 1,000 and Rs.300 should beryllium done according to a due plan. The tickets should person the QR Code.

The fig of vehicles going to the hilltop should beryllium restricted considerably to debar parking problems. The fig of conveyance passes should besides beryllium restricted. The Minister sought that an enactment program should beryllium prepared by the adjacent reappraisal gathering to the held successful the archetypal week of February.