TTD earns Rs, 1,038 crore offerings in 2016-17
Lord Venkateswara Swamy shrine in Tirupati was badly hit during demonetisation as the EO claims that temple is still left with Rs 15.5 crore old notes.
Tirupati: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam chief executive officer D Sambasiva Rao on Friday said that the temple has earned Rs 1,038 crores as a cash offerings from devotees during 2016-17.
On
Friday
morning,
he
attended
the
programme
called
'Dial
Your
EO' where
he
spoke
to
many
devotees
and
gathered
the
information
on
grievances
faced
by
them
in
the
shrine.
He
directed
the
officials
to
look
for
solutions
in
grievance
addressed
by
the
devotees.
Later speaking to the media, he said that more than 2.68 crore devotees visited the Lord Venkateswara Swamy shrine this year and added that a total of 10.50 crore laddoos were sold and given to the devotees in the same tenure. He said that the temple is still the holder of Rs 15.5 crore scrapped notes.
Earlier
in
February,
the
TTD
approved
Rs
2,
858
crore
annual
budget
for
2017-18
The
offerings
by
the
devotees
was
estimated
at
Rs
1,110
crore
while
Rs
807.7
crore
was
expected
to
be
fetched
from
interest
on
investments
in
several
banks.
As devotees tonsure their head, the shrine management expects Rs 100 crore from the sale of hair offered.
The special darshan which costs Rs 300 per person, is expected to fetch Rs 256 crore during the financial year 2017-18. The laddoos sale is expected to reach Rs 165 crore.
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