Tirupati: Many VIPs on Sunday visited Tirumala for darshan of Lord Venkateswara. The VIPs include AP High Court Judge Justice Munindranath Roy who offered prayers along with his family, Deputy Chief Minister K Narayana Swamy, BC leader and Rajya Sabha member R Krishnaiah, Puducherry deputy speaker Raju Velu along with his family members and film star Rajasekhar who along with his actor wife Jeevitha and two daughters had darshan during VIP break. The pilgrim influx which was high on Friday and Saturday came down to manageable level on Sunday, thanks to the TTD administration which has managed to clear the rush of 1.67 lakh pilgrims who had darshan in the last two days. Temple sources said 81,333 pilgrims had darshan on Friday and 85,297 on Saturday while the status of rush on Sunday morning was tokenless pilgrims waiting in nine compartments only and the approximate waiting time for them for darshan was 9 hours. The hundi income on Friday was Rs 3.31 crore and on Saturday it was Rs 3.71 crore.
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Darshan of Satchidananda Sant Yadadri Shrine
Yadadri: Minister for endowments Allolla Indrakaran Reddy along with his family visited Swayambhu Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple and performed special pooja.He was welcomed by the priests with Purnakumbham.After darshan, the chief priests of the temple blessed them with Vedasirvachanam.Meanwhile, Sri Ganapati Sachidananda Swami, head of DattaPeetam of Mysore,also visited the temple. He conducted special pooja to Swayambhu Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy in the sanctum sanctorum. He was welcomed by Indrakaran Reddy and the temple authorities.After darshan, Minister Indrakaran Reddy and his family members took the blessings of the seer. Later, Satchidananda Swami inspected the Yadadri temple structure and surroundings.