The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) board of trustees which met here on Tuesday resolved to allocate seven acres of land to the Madhurai-based Arvind Eye Hospital for setting-up its branch at Tirupati.
The land will be alienated to the hospital on an annual rent of Rs. 1 lakh per acre. The hospital which is expected to be constructed at a whopping Rs. 100 crore will be named after the presiding deity as Sri Venkateswara Arvind Eye Care. Free medical services will be extended to the TTD employees at the hospital.
Briefing the deliberations of the marathon meeting the TTD Chairman Ch. Krishna Murthy said that the board also had formally approved the construction of Sri Venkateswara swamy temple at Banjara hills in Hyderabad at a cost of Rs.13.89 crore. The temple which will come up in a sprawling site of 3.5 acres of land will also house the temple of Maha Ganapati.
The management was seriously considering the proposal of making the Rs.300 special entry darshan tickets available at Tirupati for the convenience of the visiting pilgrims.
In reply to a question Mr. Murthy said a nine-member panel with Tirumala based JEO K.S. Srinivasa Raju had been constituted to look into the pros and cons of enhancing the prices of various arjitha seva tickets which have been remained untouched for the past several years, prasadams, tariffs of various cottages and Kalyana Mandapams existing in both the Telugu speaking States and submit a detailed report in a fortnight.
The management which is making elaborate arrangements for the grand conduct of the ten-day Sri Venkateswara Vaibhavotsavams at Delhi scheduled to commence from October 30 also has resolved to distribute over 20,000 remnant CDs of 'Swaralathacharchana' freely among the devout during the period. The board also has given nod for purchase of cardomom, black pepper and toned milk through e-tendering process.
Construction of Venkateswara temple in Hyderabad at a cost of Rs.13.89 crore
Nine-member panel to look into proposal of enhancing prices of arjitha seva tickets
Nod for purchase of cardomom, black pepper and milk through e-tendering process
