EO Dharma Reddy has suggested that the TTD departments must go ahead with coordinating efforts to ensure that devotees coming for Srivari Darshan are not inconvenienced in any manner.
In this direction, TTD has limited the VIP breaks from Friday to -Sunday to only protocol VIPs till July 15 and also canceled the discretionary quota of Suprabatha Seva in order to provide Srivari Darshan to more and more common devotees.
During heavy crowds it takes 2 days for Srivari Darshan for devotees who come without tokens.I appeal to devotees to be patient in such circumstances.
A two-day review on security arrangements were held by AP Home Secretary Sri Harish Kumar Gupta recently. On the lines suggested by him TTD is prioritising the security arrangements at Tirumala.
All TTD officials, employees and Srivari Sevakulu participated voluntarily in the month long Sundara Tirumala- Shuddha Tirumala program and made it a success,
During the month 15,441 regular employees,13351 corporation employees,6000 Srivari Sevakulu and officials of the Municipal Corporation,collectorate,police and courts volunteered in the cleaning program in various locations of Tirumala including two ghat roads, both footpaths etc.
– Now TTD has prepared a long standing action plan to avoid accidents. We appeal all drivers of taxis and private vehicles to travel only at the speed levels prescribed by the TTD.we advice drivers to avoid phone talking or overtaking at turnings and speeding during the drive to Tirumala.
Devotees from all over India and overseas participated in the Parayanams telecast by SVBC onMay16 at the Dharmagiri Veda Pathashala .In four teams Veda pundits chanted 2808 shlokas of Sundarakanda akhanda Parayanams.
Similarly Ayodhyakanda Parayanams is continuing at Nada Niranjanam from May 17 onwards.
With objective to impart ancient knowledge to future generations TTD has set up the Vedic Heritage corridor at the SVV university on 190 aspects of knowledge embedded in Vedas like space science, management strategy, mathematics, health management, Yoga and Diet etc. .
– The SVBC plans to telecast a ten minutes episode each on Ancient Indian knowledge treasure for updating on, social media as well for adaptation in the modern lifestyles of devotees.
Maharashtra government allocated 10 acres in NAVI Mumbai to TTD for construction of SV temple .Sri Gautam Singhania,of Raymond Company has come forward to donate ₹100 crore for construction of the temple .
Maharashtra CM Sri Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Sri Devendra Phadnavis and other prominent devotees will participate.
At the Sri Padmavati Hrudayalaya a record heart operations were performed for 1450 children including those from other states freely under the Arogyasree and Ayushmann Bharat scheme with support from Pranadan scheme.