29-12-2025 12:00:00 AM
Guidelines for devotees
TTD Additional EO Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary stated that extensive arrangements have been made for the ensuing Vaikuntha Dwara Darshan, which is scheduled from December 30 to January 8 at the Tirumala temple, keeping in mind the anticipated heavy rush of devotees. He inspected the arrangements in the darshan queue lines from Shila Thoranam in Tirumala along with various senior officials belonging to different departments. On this occasion, he gave several instructions to the officials.
As a part of his inspection, he personally observed the working of the drinking water taps, food distribution arrangements, and toilet facilities in the queue lines and spoke to the devotees to gather their feedback.Later, the Additional EO told the media that most of the arrangements for the Vaikuntha Dwara Darshan have already been completed.
He said that several changes have been made in the queue lines based on the feedback received from the devotees. He added that arrangements have been made for devotees to sit in the queue lines, drinking water facilities and additional toilets have been made available adjacent to the queue lines.
No SSD tokens from December 28 to January 7
In view of the heavy rush of devotees expected during the Vaikuntha Dwara Darshan at the Tirumala Srivari Temple, the issuance of SSD tokens to devotees at the Bhudevi Complex in Tirupati has been cancelled from December 28th to January 7th. The devotees are requested to take note of this and co-operate with TTD.