Very unfortunate that such a fund is not controlled and regulated by
eminent Sri Vaishnava Scholars - one of the reasons why there are
Temples and Jeeyar mutts that are in ruins while Thiruvengadamudaiyan
is earning so much in contribution. Only He can do something about
fixing such problems I guess:(
adiyEn
rAmAnuja dAsan
--- In ramanuja@yahoogroups.com , "amudala satyanarayana"
<scribesatya@...> wrote:
>
>
> Tirumala Brahmotsavam fetches a record Rs.94 million
>
>
>
> TIRUPATI, OCT.3, 2006 (TIRUPATITIMES.COM)
>
>
>
> The famous hill shrine of Lord Sri Venkateswara, richest in the
country,
> at Tirumala near here has fetched a record total collections of
about
> Rs.94 million during the nine-day annual Brahmotsavam festivals that
> concluded today.
>
>
>
> Revealing this information to the press on the hills this evening,
the
> Executive Officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), Mr.
A.P.V.
> Narayana Sarma and Joint Executive Officer, Mr. G. Balaramaiah said
> that, of this, the temple hundi (Offering Box) alone has netted the
cash
> offerings about Rs.70.8 million besides huge gold and other precious
> offerings.
>
>
>
> The sale of darshan tickets has amounted to Rs.12 million while the
> Laddu prasadams sales accounted for Rs. 11.2 million.
>
>
>
> About a million devotees from across the country and abroad have
> participated in the processions of Lord, both in the morning and
night
> daily during the nine-day festivals while only half of them have
> thronged the shrine to have darshan of the presideing deity of Lord
> Venkateswara at the sanctum sanctorum, Mr.Sarma said.
>
>
>
> Interestingly, about 2.5 lakh devotees including women and infants
have
> had their heads tonsured as a fulfillment of vow before entering
into
> the shrine.
>
>
>
> This Brahmotsavam total collection was Rs.10 million more than last
> year, he added. http://www.tirupatitimes.com/
> <http://www.tirupatitimes.com/ >
>
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