Tirumala, 26 September 2017: The TTD has mandated to rope in state of art of technology to secure the wealth of Tirumala and also make the hill shrine a safe haven for thousands of women,children,and aged who throng the temple of Lord Venkateswara for the ensuring annual Brahmotsavam with a variety of electronic gadgets, software […]
Tirumala, 25 September 2017: The display of devotional sangeet. bhakti culture came to fore on the third day of the Brahmotsavam-2017 during the Simha Vahanam on the four mada streets. The devotional extravaganza has been organised by the Hindu Dharma Prachara Parishad, Annamacharya Project and Dasa Project with over 100 teams of artists comprising of […]
Tirumala, 25 September 2017: Everybody talks about sands of time as a vanishing thing. But two sand artists Ms M Nanjundaswamy Gowri and her sister Neelambika have proved it wrong by sketching popular art forms in sand and make it stay longer and longer. The young duo have sketched the Hindu mythological deity Ugra Narasimha […]
Tirumala, 25 September 2017: Lord Venkatewara, the presiding deity of Seven Hills is not just Alankarapriya (lover of frangnancies, flowers and jewels) but also Vadhya Priya and also fancied animal voices-cows, elephants in the early days. Temple legends say that particularly during harati moment he preferred to listen to the baying of cows and trumpeting […]
Began about 17 years ago with just 195 volunteers, today Srivari Seva voluntary service of TTD has reached by many leaps and bounds and now it is marching ahead with new energy with “Hi-Tech” touch being added to it. MANAVASEVE MADHAVA SEVA The richness of Hindu Sanatana Dharma is that it preaches “Manava sevaye Madhava […]
It’s green carpet welcome for the pilgrims who throng from across the country and overseas with its serene and aesthetic atmosphere providing a soothing feel to the visitors as soon as they stepped in the Hill Town. The ambiance of pink, red, yellow gold, purple aromatic flowers and green leaves coupled with rhythmic chant of […]
As per the Hindu Dharma, the offering of food items forms part of the ‘Upacharas’ or Services offered to a deity who has had the Prana Prathistha ritual performed to it. Therefore the murthi or vigraha is revered as a living entity who is offered food, fruits etc. among others and it is considered as […]
Swacch Bharat Abhayan-the ambitious Keep India Clean slogan mulled by Central Government of India, has the hill town of Tirumala as one of the ten sites chosen for prestigious Swacch Iconic Heritage Sites in the country Its not an exaggeration to mention here that the sacred Hill Town was even complimented by the honourable Prime […]
The rituals introduced by Bhagavat Sri Ramanujacharya in Tirumala are innumerable. JIYAR MUTT ESTABLISHED He entrusted the divine responsibility of performing all rituals as per the tenets of Vaikhanasa Agama to Jiyars, which is a bold step taken by him. Thus the Jiyar mutt in Tirumala was established under the aegis of Venkatanatha Satagopayati or […]
“Meals on Wheels” is the innovative concept mulled by TTD to feed more number of pilgrims instantly which has received huge reception from the pilgrims in the recent times. The Lord of Seven Hills at Tirumala is best known for many things Darshan in spite of heavy influx of pilgrims, round the clock tonsuring activity, […]