Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanms expecting 70000 visitor on Januaray 1, is making adequate arrangements to manage.
JEO Srinivasa Raju announced that the pilgrims will be allowed to have Sarva Darshanam on January 1 from 4.00 am onwards. Only 25000 passes will be given to the visitors on foot by the stair way.
The visitors can wait in the queue complexes from 31st night from 5.00 pm. The pilgrims going on foot can have passed from 31st afternoon. No passes for special darshan will be issued on January 1 as JEO announced.
The JEO said that the efforts will be made to have darshan in the general queue in 21 hours. VIP darshans may take 2 hours.
As it is customary for the devotees to visit temples on the New Year day though it is not a Hindu festival for it is a holiday and also a belief that blessings from the deity on the first day of the year will last for the entire year whether it is the new year as per the Hindu calendar (Ugadi) or Christian calendar globally followed.
-SriJa
