Allahabad, January 24, 2013
The procession of Utsavamurthis of Lord Venkateswara in specially designed Kalyana Rath at the Maha Kumbha Mela this morning attracted pilgrims who were thrilled at the Darshan of Balaji away from Tirumala.
The eight km long procession held for the first time in the Hindi belt. Event was flagged off by the District Magistrate Rajasekhar at Central University premises.
Big gathering of devotees witnessed its journey from Central University to Sangam (the confluence of Ganga and Yamuna) via Kutchery road, civil lines, medical Chowraha,Geroge town, MP Marg, Shobatia Bagh, Parade and Kali sadak . At every junction people offered arathis to the deities and sought blessings of the most sacred deity known to give boons to every one.
The TTD Superintendent Engineer Sri Ramachandra Reddy, Sri Sheshadri Swamy, TTD OSD (rituals) and Public Relations Officer, Sri T Ravi led the procession .
The complex of replica of the Tirumala temple of Lord Venkateswara at Sangam in Sector 6 will be ordained and cleaned up on the auspicious muhurtam on January 26. But it will be opened for darshan only on January 27th after the rituals.
TTD chairman Sri K Bapiraju and Executive Officer Sri L V Subramanyam informed that, TTD has laid out a program to conduct daily rituals and pujas at the temple on Kumba Mela grounds as it is regularly conducted at Tirumala – Suprabatham (morning rituals) to Ekantha seva (Late night rituals), Cultural activities like Harikathas and Bhajanas will also be conducted by the HIndu Dharma Prachara Praishad daily in the evening .
Arrangements have also been made for distribution of Anna Prasada at the temple complex daily. A stall of the Publications division has also been set up for display cum sale of books, calendars, dairies and also Video and Audio CDs produced by the TTD.
