As part of Vaikunta Ekadasi and Gita Jayanti festivities on December 23, TTD is organising Sampurna Bhagavad Gita Akhanda Parayanam and Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Parayanam at Nada Niranjanam platform in Tirumala on that day.
The Parayanams of 700 shlokas from Bhagavad Gita will be held at 12 noon in the afternoon followed by Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Parayanam from 6 pm onwards.
Faculty of SV Vedic University, Dharmagiri Veda Vignana Peetham and SV Institute of Higher Vedic Studies besides TTD Vedic pundits and Sri Annamacharya project artists and devotees will participate.
The SVBC channel will live telecast the programme for the benefit of Srivari devotees across the world. All the five major dams in Tirumala are full to their capacities with the incessant rains from the past four days.
Papavinasanam, Akasaganga, Gogarbham, Kumaradhara and Pasupudhara are the chief water sources in Tirumala. Water is also drawn from Kalyani Dam in Tirupati. About 100 mm of rainfall has been recorded in Tirumala in just 24hours.