Under TTD’s Divya Darshanam extended to the weaker sections including the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and fishermen, 485 tribal men and women who were brought here in 10 special buses from their villages, first had darshan of Lord Venkateswara and later Vaikunta Dwara Darshan in the famed Tirumala temple, leaving the tribes in spiritual ecstasy.

The much elated tribals after darshan said that it is for the first time that they had Vaikunta Dwara Darshan held at Tirumala temple on the occasion of the auspicious Vaikunta Ekadasi and profusely thanked the TTD management for providing them the opportunity which they said in one voice that they remember it forever.

Poojari Jamuna (37) of Singarba tribal hamlet in Ananthagiri mandal (Visakhapatnam) said that though several times she wished to have Venkanna darshan, she could not make it for various reasons. For the first time she had the Lord’s darshan and also Vaikunta Dwara Darshan which she said would cherish lifelong.

Other tribes including Gajjala Madhusudan of Kodiba village said they had no words to express their emotional feelings and spiritual solace they got while having a glimpse of the Lord and passing through the Vaikunta Dwaram which they never dreamt of and thanked the TTD.
It may be recalled that the TTD buoyed with the success and response to its Divya Darshan to weaker sections introduced during Brahmotsavam in October last year, continued the special darshan to the weaker sections – Vaikunta Ekadasi Uttara Dwara Darshan also this year.

Accordingly, the TTD in association with Vijayawada-based Samarasatha Seva Foundation (SSF) took up the elaborate exercise of providing Vaikunta Dwara Darshan to the weaker sections residing in the colonies where the TTD had built temples in the 13 districts in the State. The special darshan to weaker sections which began on January 13th on the occasion of Vaikunta Ekadasi would continue till January 20th so as to provide darshan to about 7,000 belonging to SC, ST and fishermen communities. The TTD in association with SSF and AP Endowment department built 502 temples in weaker section colonies in 13 districts in the State.

SSF senior functionary Syam Prasad said the arrangements including transport, food and other facilities were made for the weaker sections to visit Tirumala and return home after darshan. SSF activists are accompanying the devotees for Divya Darshan (Vaikunta Dwara Darshan) from their villages to Tirumala where they co -ordinate with TTD authorities to ensure a hassle-free darshan in Tirumala for them and travel, food and other requirements enroute, he said adding that the TTD gesture to weaker sections would go a long way in helping the vulnerable weaker sections like Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and fishermen keep their age-old faith of Sanatana Dharma intact.

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Addressing the devotees who arrived from the Agency areas Addateegala, Rampachodavaram etc. in East Godavari district for darshan, at Madhava Nilayam (PAC 2) in Tirumala on Tuesday evening, the Additional EO Dharma reddy said Srivari Brahmotsava Darshan was provided to devotees belonging to weaker sections living in the colonies where the TTD in association with AP Endowment department and Vijayawada-based NGO Samarasata Seva Foundation (SSF) constructed temples for Dharma Pracharam.

TTD Additional EO AV Dharma Reddy

At the behest of TTD chairman Y V Subba Reddy, the TTD under ‘Divya Darshan’ decided to provide the special darshan during Brahmotsavam at Tirumala temple enabling about 7,000 people from the weaker section colonies to have darshan of Lord Venkateswara during Brahmotsavams last year and continued its gesture for the 10-day Vaikunta Ekadasi-Dwadasi festival at Tirumala temple, this year also. Accordingly, the devotees from the colonies are being brought daily in batches for darshan and also Uttara Dwara Darshanam from January 13th, he explained. Reddy said the TTD did not stop with the construction of the 502 temples in the weaker section colonies in the 13 districts in the State but continued it support in various ways like providing special training in Archakatvam to the select from the colonies for performing poojas daily in the temples and also conducting rituals and religious celebrations, based on the shrines. This was to boost up Hindu Dharma Pracharam and to strengthen the weaker sections belief on our age-old Hindu religion.

SSF senior functionary Syam Prasad

“The mission behind this programme is to ensure that there will not be any religious conversions of the vulnerable weaker sections in backward areas more so in the interior places,” he said affirming that in the coming days, the TTD will take up its activities with renewed vigour covering the 502 colonies. SSF senior functionary Syam Prasad said those who could not have darshan of the Lord during the Brahmotsvams were chosen for Vaikunta Dwara Darshan to offer prayers to Lord Venkateswara. The devotees who spoke thanked the TTD for its gesture and said that the darshan of Lord which was their maiden darshan thrilled them and boosted their spiritual morale. They said that they would share their experience with other residents in the colonies to inspire them to take up Dharma Pracharam with renewed efforts. Deputy EOs Harindranath, Bhaskar, SSF representatives Jaganmohan Reddy, Indira Devi, Sudhakar and others were present.

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