TTD Chairman BR Naidu revealed that legal notices have been issued to Sakshi Media, which is criticizing Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam and him. He challenged Jaganmohan Reddy and Bharathi Reddy, who are spreading lies among the people through Sakshi, to come to Tirumala and receive the prasadam of the Lord if they have the courage.
He was furious that the same people who damaged the sanctity of Tirumala during Jagan’s rule are now making false allegations against him. He said TTD administration has been streamlined fter the coalition government came to power and that they are arranging easy darshan for devotees with the help of companies like Google and TCS.
BR Naidu said that steps are being taken to allow devotees to have darshan of Srivari in 1-2 hours through AI in Tirumala. He clarified that steps are being taken to transfer the non-Hindu staff working in TTD to another department and send them under the voluntary retirement scheme, and that legal action will be taken against the staff if they participate in other-religious campaigns.
He said that the Annadana program in Ontimitta is continuing continuously as per the orders of CM Chandrababu Naidu, and that TTD has also allocated Rs. 4 crore for it. BR Naidu explained that during the previous government’s regime the allocation of hotels on Tirumala hils became mafia affair and 12 YSRCP members were given hotels. He said now hotels are being allocated through e-tenders.
Naidu said that new canteens will be opened here soon, and the timings of Srivani darshan will be changed. He revealed that arrangements are being made to take tickets in the morning and have darshan in the evening. He revealed that cyber frauds are being committed in the matter of Srivari darshans and prasads and that a cyber security lab is being set up to stop them.
The TTD Chairman said that 30,000 fake websites have been crashed in the past year and that scanners are also being updated in Alipiri as part of security measures. He said that devotees faced difficulties as VIP darshan was earlier at 10 am and steps are being taken to end VIP darshans between 8 am and 8.30 am.
Naidu explained that they are trying to increase the 90 percent forest area under TTD to 110 percent and that steps are being taken to use state-of-the-art equipment in Tirumala Kalyanakatta. He said that religious conversions are happening more in coastal areas and that it has been decided to build temples to prevent this from happening.
The TTD Chairman said that 320 temples have already been built across the country and that CM Chandrababu Naidu has ordered that another 500 to 1,000 temples should be built, and that there should be a Venkateswara Swamy temple in every state.
