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Thousands throng Tirumala temple
The temple of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala witnessed an unprecedented turnout on Monday for the auspicious Vaikuntha Ekadasi festival. While both the Tirumala ghat roads buzzed with the vehicular traffic, the two footpaths – Alipiri and Sri Vari mettu — teemed with a steady stream of pilgrims since the early morning.
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The temple of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala witnessed an unprecedented turnout on Monday for the auspicious Vaikuntha Ekadasi festival. While both the Tirumala ghat roads buzzed with the vehicular traffic, the two footpaths – Alipiri and Sri Vari mettu — teemed with a steady stream of pilgrims since the early morning.
The darshan queue lines meant for common pilgrims stretched out to a couple of kilometres outside the massive Vaikuntham queue complex since 3.30 a.m. Further compounding the difficulties of the TTD management was the VIPs also converging at the town in large numbers. According to the information reaching from the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), by 8 a.m. about 27,000 pilgrims had darshan of the presiding deity and the number went up to 38,664 by 12 p.m. and further to 50,330 while another 50,000 pilgrims, who reached Tirumala for Vaikunta Ekadasi were waiting in the queue complex and in queue lines. The number was expected to increase by evening.
