JOIN USThe advance booking of the Rs 300 special entry darshan tickets will soon be done online, putting an end to the delayed darshan at the Tirumala temple.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Executive Officer (EO) M G Gopal on Tuesday announced that from August 30, pilgrims can book the Rs 300 special entry darshan tickets regularly in Internet Booking and e-Darshan counters.
The EO elaborated on the guidelines of the new system at his camp office in Tirumala to media persons.
On an experimental basis, TTD will commence the sale of 5,000 tickets of Rs 300 from 9 am onwards on Wednesday, August 20, for the seventh day darshan on August 27 for 2 pm and 3 pm slots.
“ By the instructions of Chief Minister N Chandra Babu Naidu who visited Tirumala recently and directed the TTD to find ways and means to reduce the waiting hours, a team of officers led by Tirumala JEO K S Sreenivasa Raju, chalked out a plan to execute this new system for the sake of the multitude of visiting pilgrims,” Gopal said.