Accordingly a bengaluru based devotee of Lord Venkateswara on monday donated Rs 1 crore to the tirumala hill temple near here with a request to use the fund for the temple-run Sri Venkateswara Gosamrakshana (care and protection of cows) Trust. Meanwhile a P senior temple official told that the devotee amarnath Chowdary and his wife, after offering worship at the hill temple, handed over the DD for the amount to the additional executive officer of tirumala tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) AV dharma Reddy.
Furthermore the TTD governs the hill shrine and the donation was a fulfilment of a vow made to the Lord Venkateswara by the devotee for fruitfully running a software company floated nine years ago in Bengaluru. Perhaps the devotee requested the TTD to use the donation for the trust meant for the welfare of cows housed in the TTD's dairy farm that has been supplying milk for the temple rituals and babies of devotees on the hills.
Moreover the Venkateshwara temple in tirupati is a landmark temple visited by lakhs of people everyday. In July 2019 the TTD announced that by donating Rs 10000 devotees will receive a VIP ticket to visit a temple. Perhaps each individual can be alloted up to nine VIP tickets and people who donate more than Rs 1 lakh will enjoy existing privileges accorded to those who donate a similar amount to other TTD trusts. A VIP ticket allows devotees to skip long queues at the temple and fast-track their visit.
