Live
- 'Refrain from interfering in municipal polls': Union Minister Ravneet Bittu tells Punjab officials
- SC grants anticipatory bail to accused in POCSO case
- Rising Rajasthan Summit to return in 2026, says CM Sharma
- Kerala HC issues contempt notice to official over elephant regulation violations
- 3rd ODI: Have to learn to take things till the end, says Harmanpreet after India's 3-0 defeat to Australia
- Brook is probably the best Test batter in the world right now, says Ponting
- Congress to fight alone in Delhi, Alok Sharma labels AAP a 'distraction'
- EPFO Subscribers Alert: Withdraw Provident Fund Money Directly From ATMs Soon
- Shehla Rashid calls PM Modi a 'fair administrator,' shares her journey from critic to admirer
- Direct Flights Between Mangaluru and Singapore to Begin in New Year
Goda Devi malas reach Tirumala
The two garlands also known as Andal mala and Shikamani malas kept in big baskets were offered by two families of flower makers of Srivalliputhur, 650 kms from Tirupati, and were accompanied by around 50 devotees in several vehicles carrying the garlands on their heads.
​Tirumala: The holy and sacred garlands (malas), popularly known as Goda Devi malas from Srivalliputhur temple (Tamil Nadu) made of tulasi, sevanthi and sampangi flowers reached Tirumala on Thursday for presentation to the presiding deity of Lord Venkateswara on Garuda Seva day on Friday.
The two garlands also known as Andal mala and Shikamani malas kept in big baskets were offered by two families of flower makers of Srivalliputhur, 650 kms from Tirupati, and were accompanied by around 50 devotees in several vehicles carrying the garlands on their heads.
According to the holy seer duo Pedda Jeeyar Swamy and Chinna Jiyar Swamy of Tirumala, the malas (garlands) were a part of the holy dictum to present the Godadevi malas for Brahmotsavams on the prestigious and most auspicious day on Garuda Seva.
Tamil Nadu endowment department secretary Ramchandran, Srivilliputhur temple trust board chairman Ravichandran, TTD executive officer Dr D Sambasiva Rao, temple deputy executive officer Rama Rao and others took part in the ceremonial handing over of the garland.
Meanwhile, the colorful and bright umbrellas donated by the Chennai- based Hindu Dharmarta Samiti, meant for decorating the utsava idol of Lord Malayappaswamy on the Garuda Seva day finally reached Tirumala, a day before the main event of the ongoing Brahmotsavams.
The umbrellas will be taken out in a procession on the mada streets around the temple before they would be taken inside Srivari temple for use in Garuda Seva vahana procession on Friday. The TTD Trust Board and officials were present.
