“FLORAL BUNCH AND FRUITY PUNCH HIGHLIGHTS PARINAYOTSAVA MANDAPAM” TIRUMALA, APRIL 27: The three-day annual celestial fete of Padmavathi Parinayotsavam off to a colourful start in the hill town of Tirumala on Monday amidst the special stage made with the concept of -“Phala-Pushpa Shobhita Vedika” made of varieties of fruits and flowers for the religious ceremony […]
TIRUPATI, APRIL 25: The annual Pushpayagam performed in Sri Kodanda Rama Swamy temple in Tirupati on Saturday evening not only enthralled the devotees but also “Mother Nature” as the day witnessed a pleasant weather with drizzles giving a soothing relief to the denizens from scorching heat. This celestial fete commenced by 2pm on Saturday in […]
Tirumala, 4 April 2015: With the advent of lunar eclipse on Saturday, the doors of Tirumala shrine are closed six hours prior to Grahanam as per traditional practice at 9:30am on Saturday. The temple will remain close till 8pm and will be reopened after performing suddhi, punyahavachanam and other purification rituals. Meanwhile the Grahanam was […]
TIRUMALA, APRIL 4: The three-day annual vasanthotsavam concluded on a grand note with the Snapana tirumanjanam performed to all the ten processional deities in Vasantha Mandapam in Tieumala on Saturday. However following lunar eclipse, the religious fete is advanced by 9 hours than usual time. Earlier All the processional deities including Malayappa Swamy-Sridevi-Bhudevi, Lord Sri […]
Tirumala, 3 April 2015: Temple priests of Sri Vari Temple performed ‘SNAPANA TIRUMANJANAM’ (Celestial Bath) to the processional deity of Lord Malayappaswamy and His consorts at Vasantha Mandapam on the second day of ongoing three day Annual Vasanthotsavam at Tirumala on Friday afternoon. DyE.O( Temple) Sri Chinnamgari Ramana, DyEO Sri Sridhar, Peishkar Sri R. Selvam […]
TIRUMALA, APRIL 3: On the second day of annual Vasanthotsavam Lord Malayappa Swamy flanked by His two consorts took a celestial ride Swarna Ratham in the bright sunny day on Friday in Tirumala. Honourable AP CM Sri N Chandrababu Naidu also took part in this religious fete after having darshan of Lord Venkateswara. Meanwhile, Lord […]
Tirumala, 2 April 2015: The three-day Annual Vasanthotsavams off to a colourful start in Tirumala on Thursday in Vasantha Mandapam under the finely decked replica forests conceptualised by garden department of TTD. According to the temple Legend, the Vasanthotsavam Festival was started during the period of King Achyutaraya in 1460’s. This annual fete was believed […]
Tirupati, 1 April 2015: Three day Annual Float Festival begins in Sri Kodanda Rama Swamy, the processional deity of Lord Rama, Seetha and Lakshmana were taken out in procession from Sri Kodandarama Swamy Temple to Ramachandra Pushkarni situated near the Temple on Wednesday evening. Later, the deities were mounted on the colourfully illuminated Float, and […]
JEO Sri Pola Bhaskar, Suptd Of Police Sri Gopinath Jatti, Temple DyEO Sri Bhupathi Reddy, SE Sri Ramesh Reddy, EE Sri Jagadeswara Reddy, VGO Sri Raveendra Reddy, Supdt Sri Krishna Varma, Temple Inspectors Sri Sesha Reddy, Sri Murali, Temple Archaka Sri Nandu Swamy, Archakas Sri Kiran Swamy, Tarun Swamy and large number of devotees took […]
Tirupati, 29 March 2015: It has been a big day on Sunday with tens of thousands of devotees converging to witness the celestial wedding of Sri Sita and Sri Rama kalyanam that took place in the ancient temple of Sri Kodanda Rama Swamy on Sunday evening. TTD has made elaborate arrangements for this religious fete. […]