The hill temple of Lord Venkateswara here witnessed an impressive turnout in the pilgrim crowd on the New Year Day on Wednesday. The TTD too was little liberal in granting VIP darshan tickets with there being no distinguished VIPs falling under the protocol category. Festive spiritMeanwhile, the festive spirit was all pervasive as the town milled with pilgrim activity since the previous night. Thousands of devotees were also seen doing ‘Maha Pradakshinam’ around the Mada Streets encircling the sacred shrine all through the day. The TTD had dispensed with the performance of all kinds of Arjitha Sevas inside the temple for the day.

Source: The Hindu January 01, 2020 19:07 UTC