TDP MP Muralimohan, MLA Bojjala Gopala Krishna and Rayapati Samba Saiva rao are said to be in the race for the TTD Chairman post. Bojjala was peeved when he did not get the Ministers post and he was almost on the verge of quitting the TDP. But later he was cajoled by the CM and assured that he would be rewarded.
The term of Chadalavada will come to an end soon and a new team under a new chairman will take over the board. On the other hand there have been requests to the Government that the AP Government must further improve the free meals scheme at TTD. It has got lot of name and fame at TTD in the name of Prasadam. Even the richest people will take the free Prasadam for the lords blesings.
Lord Balajis Temple in Tirumala serves around a lakh of meals in the form of ‘Anna Prasadam’. The Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD), which administers the temple, depends on a well-oiled system and the devotee’s faith to limit waste.
The followers believe that they are consuming prasadam and hence do not waste. Secondly, devotees after standing in queues for considerable time, are hungry and tend to complete the whole portion. There is a second serving if required.
Apart from this, the TTD has an informal system to measure the attendance of devotees. Information is collated from queue complexes, rooms and online darshan requests to decide how much to cook. The battery of cooks then get into action. In case there is a shortage, the items are replenished. Normally, items like curry, sambar, rasam, chutney are made in advance. Rice is cooked as per need.
Excess food is taken out of the huge kitchen complex and transported in bowls in vans to places on the Tirumala hill and served free to the people. The only waste is that of liquid food such as sambhar and rasam, which is disposed off. The number of meals increase to 1.5 lakh during festivals and auspicious dates.
This annadanam scheme is maintained on the offerings from the pilgrims. They give donations for the anna prasadam . This will be developed further and the CM Chadrababu is very keen on it.
