It would be interesting to examine as to what issues the apex court would weigh to consider the case of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) challenging the imposition of service tax on its earnings from the guest houses. Read more »
Tirupati : TTD’s Vigilance and Security personnel raided 3 houses of TTD staff following a tip-off, bundles of religious publications, wall-posters and other propaganda material belonging to Christian missionaries were recovered. Read more »
A hotline to God – Temple tourism is the latest fad for many families.
And people are willing to throw any amount of money to literally get on to the fast track that leads to the sanctum sanctorum (the innermost chamber where a deity is housed in a temple). Read more »
“The value of the Lord’s properties and wealth is almost equal to the AP’s budget of Rs 1.4 lakh crore. But there is always a question mark on the TTD’s ability to protect the Lord’s properties,” auditor Lakshman Rao says. Read more »
Facing flak from various quarters, the executive board of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has decided to cancel the categorization of VIP darshan tickets. Read more »
Chennai: Members of a numismatic scholars’ committee, formed to segregate the huge collection of coins in the famous Tirupati Tirumala temple, have found that some of the earliest coins in the collection belonged to the Satavahana period and pre-Christian era. Read more »
Tirupati: The Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanams (TTD) not only manages one of the most revered temples in India but is also the richest temple board in the country. With a mammoth Rs 2,000-crore annual budget, 10,000 staffers in 98 wings, it is not surprising therefore that the menace of corruption has seeped into its system. Read more »
Tirupati: Since all pilgrims are equal in the eyes of the Lord, there is no private property in Tirumala, the hilltop where Balaji’s temple is located. All land and property belongs to the Lord, in other words is controlled by the TTD Read more »
It’s an arduous 21-hour wait in the queue for a darshan of their favourite Lord which lasts no more than a fraction of a second. Even as the scorching sun beats down on them, pilgrims patiently await their turn for a darshan of Lord Venkateswara. Read more »
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) : At Tirumala, all pilgrims are equal in the eyes of the Lord. But VIPs are always more equal in the eyes of the management of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). Read more »
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