Heavy rush at Tirumala

Tirupati, May 1 (UNI) The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) introduced 'Mahalaghu Darshan' or distance darshan to cope up with the summer pilgrim rush.

The TTD had already made some changes in the issue of cellar and VIP darshan tickets to avoid inconvenience to free darshan pilgrims waiting at the Vaikuntam queue complex.

Yesterday, 70000 devotees had darshan at the main temple at Tirumala, sources said.

Many pilgrims queued up for accomodation at central reception office (CRO) near bus stand for allotment of cottages.

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