Record 18 lakh laddus sold @Brahmotsavam-2014

TIRUMALA TIRUPATI DEVASTHANAMS

Record 18 lakh laddus sold @Brahmotsavam-2014

Tirumala, 3 October 2014: A record 17,70,433 laddus were in the first seven days of the Brahmntsavam-2014 breaking all time records, says Sri Chinnamgari Ramana, the Deputy EO of Temple.

He told reporters at Media centre that the laddu prasadam was made available for sale on a 24 hour basis during the festival.’When gates were closed towards regular counters during Vahanam period, special counters were opened up inside the temple itself to give laddus  to  pilgrims’ he said.

He said in all 4,76,107 persons had darshan of Lord Venkateswara during the Brahmotsavam, nearly 2.5 lakh capacity galleries were full throughout and during the Garudotsavam almost 4 lakhs  including local had darshan of their beloved deity.

Sri Ramana said on a daily basis 30,000 devotees had come by footpath on both Alipiri and Srivari mettu routes.

ISSUED BY THE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, TTDs TIRUPATI