Tirupati: The darshan time at Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple here will be reduced from 20-30 hours to just 2-3 hours. This reduction will be facilitated by the use of advanced technology, including Artificial Intelligence, which will help streamline the darshan process, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Board announced after its maiden meeting under new Chairman B.R. Naidu on Monday.
The TTD board, which manages the affairs of the famous hill shrine, took some important decisions.
The TTD board chief, along with Executive Officer J. Syamala Rao, later briefed the media about the decisions taken at the meeting. The board reversed some decisions and decided to review some other decisions taken by the earlier boards during the last five years of the YSR Congress Party rule.
The board will write a letter to the state government to make an appropriate decision about the non-Hindus working in Tirumala.
Soon after taking over as TTD Chairman recently, Naidu said that only Hindus should work in the TTD. This decision was made to ensure that the temple’s religious practices and beliefs were respected and upheld. The TTD also decided to ensure that no political statements are made in Tirumala.
“If necessary, legal action will be taken against those making such statements as well as those who propagate them,” it said.
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The board gave its nod to dispense with the Tourism Corporations Darshan quota of various states after a thorough examination of the complaints regarding irregularities in the issue of SED tickets under this category.
Considering the safety of TTD deposits, the next board meeting will decide to deposit them in nationalised banks and withdraw the already deposited ones from private banks.
The TTD, which was recently rocked by allegations of using ghee adulterated with animal fat in the Laddu prasadam, decided to use high-quality ghee. The board, in a bid to rectify past mistakes, decided to merge the Srivani Trust into the TTD account and consider the possibility of changing its name while continuing the scheme.
The TTD, under YSRCP rule, formed the trust to propagate the Hindu religion and construct Sri Venkateswara temples across the country. The then-opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jana Sena alleged misappropriation of trust funds. Then Leader of the Opposition Chandrababu Naidu claimed that the trust money was diverted as the donors were not issued receipts.
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–IANS
