Owing to a partial Lunar eclipse during the wee hours of October 29 the Tirumala temple will remain closed on the night of October 28 and reopened on October 29.
The partial Chandra Grahanam occurs between 1:05am and 2:22am on October 29. As such the temple doors will be closed at 7:05pm on October 28 and reopened at 3:15am on October 29 after performing Suddhi and Suprabhata seva in Ekantam. The Tirumala temple doors remains closed for eight hours due to Chandra Grahanam.
Sahasra Deepalankara Seva, differently abled and senior citizens’ darshan stands canceled on October 28. Even Annaprasadam activity will be stalled at all venues in Tirumala by 6pm.
The devotees are requested to make note of this and plan their pilgrimage accordingly to avoid inconvenience.In view of the lunar eclipse from 1.05 am to 2.22 am of October 29 all TTD local temples will remain closed in the evening of Saturday, October 28 and reopened on Sunday morning after 4am.
At Tiruchanoor, Sri Padmavati temple will be closed from 5pm of 28th October and reopened at 4.30 am of October 29 and Darshan commences at 7am onwards.
At Sri Govindaraja Swami temple and Sri Kodanda Ramaswamy temple in Tirupati, and the Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swami temple at Srinivasa Mangapuram, respective temples will be closed at 7pm of October 28 and reopened at 4.30 am of October 29 and Darshan commenced after shuddi programs.
At Sri Kodandaramaswami temple the arjita Sevas viz. Astottara Sata Kalasabhisekam and Pournami Garuda Seva at Srinivasa Mangapuram temple have been cancelled in view of the eclipse.
TTD is organising Annabhisekam at Sri Kapileswara temple on October 28 besides Deeparadhana and Anna Linga Darshan and Udwasana fetes followed by Sugandha Dravyabhishekam.
