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Andhra Pradesh Endowments Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy connected Monday said Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) had witnessed a broad spiritual rejuvenation implicit the past 2 years nether the enactment of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, resulting successful enhanced pilgrim services, administrative transparency and renewed nationalist confidence.
Addressing a property league astatine the Secretariat, the Minister said the conjugation authorities had initiated wide-ranging reforms successful TTD aimed astatine protecting Sanatana Dharma, strengthening temple medication and leveraging exertion to amended the pilgrim experience.
Mr. Ramanarayana Reddy said TTD had launched a programme to conception 5,000 temples crossed the State, with peculiar accent connected Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and sportfishing communities to beforehand spiritual consciousness astatine the grassroots level. He noted that the salaries of priests, attendants, room workers and prasadam organisation unit successful TTD-run temples had been accrued substantially, portion fiscal assistance was being extended to unemployed Vedic scholars.
As portion of practice conservation efforts, TTD had created a dedicated helping to sphere past temple structures and humanities assets and was undertaking restoration works successful smaller temples crossed the State. The committee was besides pursuing its imaginativeness of establishing Lord Venkateswara temples successful the capitals of each States successful coordination with the respective governments.
Highlighting technological interventions, the Minister said an Artificial Intelligence-based Integrated Command and Control Centre, launched successful September 2025, was monitoring pilgrim movement, queue lines, traffic, security, sanitation and aesculapian services done a azygous platform.
According to Mr. Ramanarayana Reddy, TTD recorded an all-time precocious footfall of 25.46 lakh devotees successful May 2026, portion the merchantability of 1.21 crore Tirupati laddus acceptable a caller record. A grounds 12.43 lakh devotees offered their hairsbreadth astatine Tirumala during the aforesaid month.
TTD presently serves astir 3 lakh escaped meals regular and has established an precocious nutrient investigation laboratory to guarantee prime standards. The instauration has besides allocated ₹161.40 crore for the improvement of its acquisition institutions and accrued wellness security sum for employees from ₹3 lakh to ₹5 lakh.
At the aforesaid time, the Minister said TTD would not walk its funds connected Sai Baba temples arsenic Sai Baba did not find notation successful Sanatana scriptures.
“With the guiding principles of work to devotees, strengthening religion and protecting Sanatana Dharma, TTD is progressing towards becoming a planetary spiritual capital,” helium said.
Responding to queries connected protocol, the Minister said TTD would proceed to judge proposal letters from Ministers, nationalist representatives and VVIPs irrespective of their religion, arsenic the recommendations pertained lone to Hindu devotees seeking darshan.
