TTD is making all arrangements are being made for the coming Vaikunta Ekadasi here in Tirumala.
• To reduce the waiting time of devotees in queue lines TTD will issue 4,23,500 Sarva Darshan offline tokens from December 22 afternoon 2pm in all 92 counters at 9 locations in Tirupati.
• The token issuing locations are: Vishnu Nivasam, Srinivasam, Govindarajaswami Choultries, Bhudevi Complex, Ramachandra Pushkarani, Indira Maidan, Jeevakona High School, Raman Naidu High School in Bairagipettada and ZP school in MR Palli.
• QR code boards will be displayed at all these counters for the benefit of devotees.
• Since limited rooms available in Tirumala, devotees shall book rooms in Tirupati itself during these festive days.
• Only devotees with tickets or tokens will be allotted rooms.
• As in past break Darshan facility is provided to protocol VIPs in person in limited numbers only. During these ten days no recommendation letters for break Darshan will be accepted.
• Devotees with tokens and tickets alone shall be allowed for Srivari Vaikuntadwara Darshan at Tirumala 24 hours ahead only.
• Sri Malayappa Swami and His consorts will ride Swarna ratham on Mada streets on Vaikunta Ekadasi day between 9am and 11am.
• On Vaikunta Dwadasi day on December 24, Chakra Snanam will be organised between 4.30am and 5.30 am.
• On Vaikunta Ekadasi day Vishnu Sahasranama Parayanams will be observed at the Nada Neeranjanam platform between 6am and 7am and on the same day being Gita Jayanti, Bhagavad Gita Akhanda Parayanam will also be recited between 12noon and 4pm.
• As per Puranic legend one day duration in Vaikunta of Sri Maha Vishnu is considered as one year on the Earth. Similarly, the 12 hours of daytime in Vaikunta is 6 months in earth also termed as Uttarayana and 12 hours of nightfall in Vaikunta is six months of Dakshinayana on Earth.
• Likewise 120 minutes in Vaikunta is 30 days on the Earth known as Dhanur Masa. In that one day He provides darshan to all the deities for 40 minutes which is equal to 10 days of Vaikunthadwara Darshanam on the Earth.
Speaking on the occasion one of the Pradhana archakas of Srivari temple Sri Venugopala Dikshitulu highlighted the significance of Vaikuntadwara Darshan and said Srivari Darshan on any one of these ten days earns the same outcome of bliss to the devotees.
