The TTD Chairman B Karunakara Reddy along with the TTD EO AV Dharma Reddy participated in the Puja performed towards the development works of Sri Venkateswara Museum in Tirumala .
After performing Puja, the Chairman speaking to media persons said, the spacious museum which is located in about 3 acres of land will be soon developed into a world-class museum to attract the visiting pilgrims.
The prime objective is to showcase the glory of Sri Venkateswara Swamy in an attractive manner and educate all the pilgrims about the culture and practices of age old traditions, historical significance and abundant heritage of Tirumala temple. The ultimate goal is to provide a divine experience of pilgrimage to a visiting pilgrim devotee”, he added.
He thanked the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and MAP Systems for coming forward to take up the Rs.145cr project on donation basis. “There are 19 galleries out of which five are being developed by MAP Systems of Bengaluru at Rs.20crore while the remaining 14 galleries by TCS at Rs.125crore and the project is scheduled to be completed by this December ”, he maintained.
TTD EO Sri AV Dharma Reddy along with JEO (H&E) Smt Sada Bhargavi inaugurated the sophisticated and latest document scanner imported from France.
Speaking on the occasion the TTD EO said with the objective of elevating the Sri Venkateswara palm leaf Research Institute as a model research organisation in the study of epigraphy, the TTD has extended all support with state-of-the-art equipment.
SVVedic University VC Acharya Rani Sadasiva Murty, Registrar Dr AV Radhe Shyam, Deans Sri Goli Subramanya, Dr Phaniyajulu, Head of Palm Leaf division Smt Vijayalakshmi, PRO Dr T Brahmacharyulu and other researchers, staff were present.
