Tirupati

Pilgrims landing at Tirupati without prior booking will now have a place to stay

September 30, 2025 2:09 pm

At Tirupati temple, AI will be used to manage crowd, identify missing persons

September 26, 2025 7:24 am

Comes months after a stampede at the temple killed six and injured over 40 people.

From UK to Andhra, scamsters targeting Tirupati Balaji devotees, temple trust jumps to action

September 10, 2025 1:35 pm

Board which manages Sri Venkateswara temple says it has come across instances of people duping devotees by promising accommodation, free darshan, or even unapproved events

'Mumtaz Hotels not in the picture': Naidu govt finds a way to retain Oberoi investment near Tirupati temple, appease Hindu groups

August 27, 2025 5:23 am

Following protests, the government had earlier cancelled land allotment for resort at Tirumala foothills; project to now have only Oberoi Group name

Tirupati temple board suspends 4 employees for 'practising other religions'

July 20, 2025 7:50 am

TTD sources said that the board has taken a decision not to allow any non-Hindu to work in the TTD, especially in the temples governed and managed by it.

Tirupati temple board suspends officer for attending church prayers, he says it doesn’t matter which 'faith I follow'

July 10, 2025 3:39 am

After Telugu Desam Party-led NDA government came to power last June, the TTD had transferred several non-Hindu employees from various positions.

Tirupati temple management initiates legal action for unauthorised sale of ‘Tirupati laddus'

June 07, 2025 4:09 am

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) said that this is among the first instances in India where a temple offering protected under GI law has been defended through formal legal channels on international platforms.

Cabinet clears rail line doubling in Andhra, TN at Rs 1,332 cr

April 09, 2025 10:22 pm

Along with this, it also approved the construction of the six-lane Zirakpur Bypass in an effort to decongest Zirakpur in Punjab and Panchkula in Haryana, which is part of the larger ring road project, the government said.

‘Only Hindus should work at Tirumala’: CM Naidu, months after transferring employees out of Tirupati temple

March 22, 2025 9:10 am

The CM also announced he was cancelling the allotment of 35 acres of land in Tirupati to hotel developers of Devalok, MRKR and Mumtaz builders. The allotment was made by the previous YSR Congress Party government.

Tirupati wants no-fly zone over Sri Venkateswara Temple, writes to Civil Aviation citing 'principles of Agama Shastra’

March 02, 2025 8:12 am

In a letter dated February 17, to Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, TTD Chairman BR Naidu has asked for a no-fly zone to be declared over the shrine “keeping in mind the principles of Agama Shastra, sanctity of the temple, safety and sentiments of the devotees”.

Man donates finger after Sonia, Rahul’s bail in National Herald case

January 10, 2016 8:51 am

Bengaluru, Jan 10 (ANI): Induvalu Suresh, a 35-year-old granite businessman from Ramanagara is now being hailed as Congress Ekalavya after he cut his left hand's little finger as an offering to the Tirupati. The offering was made as thanks giving after Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi were granted bail in the National Herald case in December last year. On December 25, Suresh went to Tirupati, chopped off his little finger and dropped it in the hundi as a token of gratitude.