The restriction is upsetting the pilgrimage schedule, complain devoteesPilgrims seeking darshan at the Lord Venkateswara temple have urged the Tirumala Tirupati Devestahanams (TTD) to relax the restriction imposed on trekking the foot paths leading to the hill shrine. At present, only the devotees with valid tickets are allowed to trek the footpaths to the shrine either a day in advance or on the same day of their scheduled darshan. “Everything went awry owing to the little known restriction that eventually forced us to reschedule our entire schedule,” he said. Ananth from Bidar also echoed the same view and urged the TTD to allow the devotees to trek they footpath at least two days in advance of their scheduled darshan. COVID protocolsTTD CVSO Gopinath Jatti told the The Hindu that the restrictions were imposed as part of the COVID protocols.

Source: The Hindu February 24, 2021 18:36 UTC