Tirumala Brahmotsavam fetches a record Rs.94 million

October 3, 2006

TIRUPATI, OCT.3, 2006 (TIRUPATITIMES.COM)

The famous hill shrine of Lord Sri Venkateswara, richest in the country,

at Tirumala near here has fetched a record total collections of about

Rs.94 million during the nine-day annual Brahmotsavam festivals that

concluded today.

Revealing this information to the press on the hills this evening, the

Executive Officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), Mr. A.P.V.

Narayana Sarma and Joint Executive Officer, Mr. G. Balaramaiah said

that, of this, the temple hundi (Offering Box) alone has netted the cash

offerings about Rs.70.8 million besides huge gold and other precious

offerings.

The sale of darshan tickets has amounted to Rs.12 million while the

Laddu prasadams sales accounted for Rs. 11.2 million.

About a million devotees from across the country and abroad have

participated in the processions of Lord, both in the morning and night

daily during the nine-day festivals while only half of them have

thronged the shrine to have darshan of the presideing deity of Lord

Venkateswara at the sanctum sanctorum, Mr.Sarma said.

Interestingly, about 2.5 lakh devotees including women and infants have

had their heads tonsured as a fulfillment of vow before entering into

the shrine.

This Brahmotsavam total collection was Rs.10 million more than last

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