Tirupati Tirumala Balaji

TIRUPATI TIRUMALA BALAJI DARSHAN Tirupati Darshan options available in Tirumala are : Seeghra Darshan : This facility is introduced to provide quick darshan for devotees. The ticket should be purchased near Vaikuntam Queue complex. It costs Rs.300/- each. After showing this ticket you are allowed to enter into the queue directly. Sarva Darshan : Sarva Darshan, which means “darshan for all”, as the name itself says anyone can enter the queue without any ticket. The timings vary each day for the Sarva darshan. Normally, 18 hours are allotted each day. It takes a very long time; one should stay inside the queue line for hours that is where Sudharsan token system is introduced. This token will be tied to each person’s wrist by taking their picture and fingerprint as identification. Also, the time of your darshan is also mentioned on this token which gives the ease to go to other places and come back. One can enter the Vaikuntam Queue Complex as per the time mentioned on the ...

Delhi to have Lord Venkateswara temple The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the body that manages activities and funds at the Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, is constructing a grand Balaji temple in Delhi. "Construction of the Venkateswara temple in Delhi has began. The temple is being built at Gole Market in the capital and it will be completed by December, 2010 latest. A 'dhyana mandiram' is also being built," TTD Executive Officer I Y R Krishna Rao told PTI here. The TTD will also be organising a 'Kalyanotsavam' (wedding ceremony of the Lord) at the famous Sri Venkateswara College in New Delhi on March 21, and Raya Vellore in Tamil Nadu later in the month, he said. The TTD has received requests for organising the 'Kalyanotsavam' from many states like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and at Mumbai in Maharashtra. The objective of organising the event in various towns and cities is propagation of spiritual values among the p...

Brahmotsavam at Sri Venkateswara Mandir, New Delhi The annual Brahmotsavam at Sri Venkateswara Mandir, New Delhi, is scheduled to take place between September 16 to 27, 2012. The Brahmostsavam will begin with the invoking of the Lord in agni  (sacred fire), kumba (sacred water) and madala vedi (alter of earth). During this festival, offerings will be made to the sacrificial fire both in the morning and evening. The moolava moorthy, utsav moorthi along with His consorts will be decorated with ornaments and flower garlands. After the poornahuti ( the final offering to the sacrificial fire), Perumal and His consorts will be taken out in different vahanas around the area so that He graces people living around the temple. Scholars will accompany Perumal reciting the vedas and the hymns of azhwars (Divya Prabandham). Further, Srimad Valmiki Ramayanam, Sribashyam of Sri Ramanujacharya and strotras of Sri Nigamantha Mahadesikan were also recited. All are invited to get the anugraha...