Tirupati Tirumala Balaji

Press Release Tirumala, August 23: Sri I Y R Krishna Rao, Executive Officer of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams today announced relaxation of timing for benefit of the devotees using the foot walkers path from Alipiri. The footwalkers path for devotees who climbed to Tirumala will henceforth be kept open from 4AM in the morning to 10PM in the night. For last two weeks the foot walkers path shut down between night 10PM to Morning 6AM. In a statement Sri Rao appealed to the devotees to cooperate with the TTD as the new measure was enforced for their safety and protection in view of the recent scare caused in the last two months by the panthers to the devotees coming by the foot walkers path. Sri Rao said the Foot walkers path was shut down in the nights after 10 PM for two weeks from August 7 th to August 22 nd to facilitate the forest guards and police to lay trap to catch the rogue panther. One panther was caught while another one a female is still at large. The Executive Officer sai...

The trust manages the operations and finances of the richest and the most visited religious centre in the world and it also involved in various social, religious, literary and educational activities within Andhra Pradesh and India. TTD employs approximately 14,000 people to maintain its 12 temples and sub-shrines under its control along with the execution of its social activities. Main article TTD offers different kind of services for pilgrims to Tirumala and Tirupati. It has made arrangements for frequent buses between Tirumala and Tirupati in every 2 minutes. It also provides package tours to other holy temples and religious sites from Tirumala and Tirupati to nearby places. TTD has both free and paid lodgings in Tirumala and Tirupati. It offers free meals to all its pilgrims, although donors can make a contribution. The canteen of Tirupati has a capacity to feed 20,000 pilgrims a day. It is also making arrangements for free mineral water through pipe lines and restricted the use...