TIRUPATI: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) will release the online quota of Rs 300 special entry darshan (SED) tickets for November and December on its official website at 9 am on Friday.
The temples body said in a press release that the slotted sarva darshan (SSD) tickets quota for November will be released for online booking on Saturday morning at 9 am.
However, the TTD has not clarified the exact number of tickets that will be released for online booking leading to confusion among the devotees. Meanwhile, pressure is mounting on the TTD administration to increase the pilgrim footfall at Tirumala especially after the temple body made the second dose vaccination certificate or a Covid-19 negative test report mandatory for the devotees to be allowed for darshan.
At present, the pilgrim footfall at Tirumala is capped at less than 30,000 a day. The average pilgrim footfall at the hill town during the pre-Covid-19 time was around 70-80,000 devotees on normal days.
Temples body has not clarified the exact number of tickets that will be released for online booking leading, to confusion among the devotees
