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What Led To Tirupati Stampede

New Delhi: Two days before the Vaikuntha Ekadasi festival was set to begin at Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple on Andhra Pradesh’s Tirumala Hills, large crowds descended at over 90 ticket counters set up for the festival. Arrangements were in place for the distribution of 1,20,000 tokens to devotees for the “sarva darshan” (free darshan) of…

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SVU students advised to stay away from vices

Former IPS officer and politician V.V. Lakshminarayana presenting an award to a student at the ‘Pratibha Awards 2025’ function organised by A.P. Students JAC, in Tirupati on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar Former IPS officer and politician V.V. Lakshminarayana on Wedadvised the students of Sri Venkateswara University (SVU) to stay away from vices…

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National carrom tournament concludes in Nellore

As many as 400 players from 25 States and 10 institutions participated at the All India Federation Cup Carrom Tournament 2024-25, which concluded at Nellore Club on Wednesday. The 29th All India Federation Cup Carrom Tournament 2024-25 concluded on a grand note, at the Nellore Club on Wednesday. The four-day event was organised by the…

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Kakulamanu landfill in Tirumala inspected

In a major step towards addressing the pressing issue of waste management at Tirumala, TTD Chairman B.R. Naidu, accompanied by former Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Chairman and current Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy, inspected the Kakulamanu landfill on Wednesday. The landfill, which has accumulated lakhs of metric…

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Massive cleanliness drive in Srisailam on Wednesday

Staff of the Sri Bhramarambha Mallikarjuna Swamy temple and other residents of Srisailam are expected to participate in the cleanliness drive. | Photo Credit: ARRANGEMENT Srisailam temple authorities will take up a special cleanliness drive, Swaccha Seva, in the temple town on January 8 (Wednesday) as part of ‘Swaccha Srisailam’ initiative. Giving the details of…

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Sparsha darshan slots reduced to two in Srisailam temple

Srisailam devasthanam authorities have decided to suspend the afternoon sparsha darshana slots. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT The Srisailam temple authorities have made changes in the ‘sparsha darshan’ slots, once again, on weekends and holidays citing huge turnout of devotees on these days. The temple authorities have been providing sparsha darshan in three slots till now…

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