The rain battered temple of Tirumal once again gets number of pilgrims. After the rain mishap, people are slowly entering the temple. More than thousands of pilgrims participated in annual Kartika Vanabhojanam. As per reports more than 60,000 people attended the darshan of deity Lord Sri Venkateswara.
A large number of pilgrims from Tamil Nadu also showed in the divine town. Pilgrims from Tamil Nadu alone made 40% of the population. The TTD conducted the annual Vanabhojanam at Paruveta Mandapam.
Special prayers were offered during this event. After the prayers were offered, they were also served annaprasadam. Regarding this TTD communications officer T.Ravi Kumar said, "The pilgrim rush is more than last November. Despite the unprecedented rainfall the pilgrims rushed to get the divine stuff.
We have restored some roads as we need to maintain the rush. Five compartments in the queue complex were full and the general darshan was completed in five hours. We are building the ghat road and once it is done it will withstand all natural calamities."
