Apart from Sri Venkateswara temple at Tirumala, the temples managed by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) downhill, collectively called as ‘local temples’, are also being spruced up for the ‘Vaikunta Ekadasi’ celebrations.
For the first time ever, Sri Kalyana Venkateswara temple at Srinivasa Mangapuram is getting ready to offer ‘Vaikunta Dwara Darshan’. The engineering wing is making arrangements to build a replica ‘Dwaram’ through which the devotees will be allowed near the sanctum sanctorum. ‘Sarva Darshan’ will commence on ‘Vaikunta Ekadasi’ (December 21) at 3 a.m., and from 8.30 a.m. on Vaikunta Dwadasi (December 22). ‘Chakra Snanam’ will be performed on December 22 from 8.30 a.m. to 9.30 a.m.
In Sri Prasanna Venkateswara temple at Appalayagunta, special barricades have been erected to meet the additional pilgrim influx. Sarva Darshan will begin from 4.30 a.m. on December 21. Similarly, the temples of Sri Pattabhirama (Valmikipuram), Sri Kariyamanikya (Nagari), Sri Kodandarama (Chandragiri), Sri Lakshmi Narasimha (Tarigonda), Sri Venugopala (Karvetinagaram), Sri Vedanarayana (Nagalapuram), Sri Konetiraya (Keelapattu), Sri Prasanna Venkateswara (Kosuvaripalle) have also been readied for the mega event.
