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April 21, 2026, 04:38 PM - 2 min read
Under the initiative, devotees are greeted with the sacred mark before entering queue lines for darshan at the temple of Lord Venkateswara, symbolising purity and devotion.
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April 12, 2026, 04:40 PM - 3 min read
According to official data, the average number of devotees visiting the temple daily increased to 73,000 in 2025–26, up from around 70,000 in the previous two years, registering a growth of 4.57 per cent.
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March 12, 2026, 03:23 PM - 2 min read
According to officials, the idea emerged after recommendations from a finance committee formed to explore ways to strengthen the temple body’s income. The panel suggested expanding the sale of Srivari dollars, which are widely kept in devotees’ homes as sacred symbols of devotion and blessings.
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February 5, 2026, 04:51 PM - 3 min read
The SIT has found that the Srisailam temple received adulterated ghee for nearly 11 months during the previous YSRCP regime, with supplies allegedly sourced from firms linked to Bhole Baba Dairy, already accused in the Tirumala ghee adulteration case.
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February 4, 2026, 03:56 PM - 3 min read
When the test results came back in August 2022, all four samples had tested positive for beta-sitosterol, a compound that is a “smoking gun” for vegetable oil adulteration, according to experts such as TTD committee member Dr B Surendranath.
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February 1, 2026, 05:59 PM - 2 min read
As per the investigation, a committee that was formed with the then-EO’s approval recommended relaxing several key tender conditions for ghee procurement. These changes were officially greenlit by the TTD Board in early 2020.
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January 24, 2026, 10:15 PM - 2 min read
According to the SIT, the substance sold to the temple was not actually ghee at all. Instead, it was a cocktail of chemically processed palmolein oil, palm kernel oil, and other cheap substitutes.
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December 10, 2025, 08:09 PM - 4 min read
The scandal came to light following an internal vigilance inquiry that found that a contractor consistently supplied 100% polyester shawls while billing them as the pure mulberry silk products specified in the tender documents.
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January 10, 2025, 04:11 PM - 2 min read
TTD arranged special darshan for 52 stampede victims, following CM Naidu's directive for support.
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January 9, 2025, 09:12 AM - 3 min read
Six devotees died and several others sustained injuries in a stampede at Tirupati's Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple. Overcrowding during token distribution for Vaikuntha Dwara Darshanam and administrative lapses were blamed for the tragic incident.
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October 28, 2024, 03:20 PM - 1 min read
Despite the threat, which claimed that "Pakistan's ISI-related terrorists would blow up the temple", no explosives or suspicious items were discovered from temple grounds.
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June 25, 2024, 07:07 PM - 2 min read
These religious places include Ayodhya, Tirupati and Varanasi and others.
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