The TTD is keeping ready a buffer stock of 3.50 lakh laddus for devotees, deployed 400 sanitary workers, additional barbers in Kalyanakatta, vigilance sleuths and police to safeguard the devotees. The Annaprasadam will be served from 6am till midnight. Both the Ghat roads remains open 24X7 for the convenience of the pilgrims.
Three additional dispensaries and one mobile dispensary will be set up for the occasion. Parking facility in Tirumala has been created for 8000 vehicles. Wide publicity is being given via all media platforms for the sake of devotees present across the country.
About 3500 Srivari Sevakulu are being invited to serve the devotees at various places. Sri Vishnu Sahasra Nama Stotra Akhanda Parayanam will be performed on the day of Vaikuntha Ekadasi on January 2 at Nada Neerajanam.
“In view of the recent guidelines by Central and State Governments, TTD appeal the devotees who are coming to Tirumala for Vaikuntha Dwara Darshan to wear Masks which is mandatory. We make other arrangements like frequently sanitizing the crowded places etc. as a part of Health Safety and Security of visiting pilgrims. TTD has planned to issue a total 45,000 Slotted Sarva Darshan tickets per day from January 2 to11.
The issuance of free SSD tokens will commence by 2pm of January 1 at Nine centres consisting 92 counters in Tirupati viz. Bhudevi Complex, Indira Maidan, Ramachandra Pushkarini, Jeevakona ZP high school, Vishnu Nivasam, Srinivasam, Ramanaidu Municipal High School, Seshadrinagar ZP High School in Bairagipettada and Govindarajaswami choultries 2 and 3. While four counters are earmarked in Tirumala at Koustubham Rest House exclusively for Tirumala locals.
All arrangements of food, water, beverages have been arranged at these counters and mobile toilets have also been erected. To facilitate the devotees coming from various neighbouring states to know about the counters, QR code facility boards have also been displayed at all these counters and also at Cherlopalle, Pudi road and Navajeevan Hospital areas.
SRIVANI Trust tickets will not be issued in offline. “As we have already released 2000 tickets of SRIVANI in online for each day from January 2 to 11, no tickets will be issued in offline”, he reiterated. “Similarly we have also issued 2.05lakh SED(Rs.300) tickets from January 1 to 11 in on-line”, he maintained.
