Tirumala buses off on 14, 15
Tirupati: In an effort to put further pressure on the Centre to roll back the decision to bifurcate the state, the All Employees’ JAC of Tirupati, which met at the RDO’s office at Tirupati on Tuesday
Protests against Telangana: Seemandhra simmers
Hyderabad: The general strike of government employees continued to paralyse life in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.
Buses were off the road in the two regi
No bar on planes flying over Tirumala temple
Hyderabad: The Director General of Civil Aviation has turned down the state government’s proposal to establish a no fly zone over Tirumala. It is not feasible to establish no fly zones over pilgrim p
Diamond-studded gold idols found in Tirumala hundi
The Tirumala temple has received another lavish gift, this time in the form of diamond-studded golden idols of Lord Venkateswara and his consorts Goddesses Lakshmi Devi and Padmavati. The idols, which
1.25 lakh devotees throng Tirumala in 24 hours
Nearly 1.25 lakh devotees thronged the Tirumala temple in the last 24 hours making it tough for them to get accommodation and have hassle-free darshan.
By Sunday morning, all the compartments in the
Four injured in minor stampede in Tirupati shrine
Four pilgrims were injured on Saturday in a minor stampede while waiting to pay obeisance to Lord Venkateswara at the famous hill shrine in Tirumala near here which witnessed a heavy rush of over o
TTD to tighten rule for non-Hindus
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams’ rule for non-Hindu visitors to the famous temple of Lord Venkateswara finds lenient application, leading to periodic disapproval and divided opinion among the offic
Temples in AP get richer
Devotees have become choosy about the Gods in the Rs 3,000-crore faith industry. While the world famous Lord Venkateshwara Swamy of Tirumala continues to attract the maximum number of devotees from a
Articles worth lakhs of Rupees destroyed in fire at Tirumala
Ten shops were gutted and articles including toys and framed photos worth several lakhs of Rupees destroyed in a fire which broke out in a mini-shopping complex, close to Lord Venkateswara temple at n