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Wedding rituals for free, ear piercing for Rs 50: Tirupati priests make their services available to public

February 09, 2026 3:49 pm

The rituals will be conducted by the Tirumala Priests Association

iit tirupati campus opened 10 years back, batch of students placements

JEE Main 2026: IIT Tirupati’s Engineering Physics programme observes sharpest rise

February 11, 2026 7:38 am

JEE Main 2026 Results: Computer Science and Engineering posted a placement rate of over 91 per cent, while Electrical Engineering followed with placements close to 89 per cent.

No beef tallow or lard in Tirupati laddu: CBI reveals how ‘synthetic’ material was used to mimic ghee

January 31, 2026 12:30 pm

YSRCP has demanded an apology from Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan over their allegations regarding animal fat in the prasadam

IIT Tirupati Placements 2023 vs 2024: Salary package, sectors, top branch

January 13, 2026 9:33 am

IIT Tirupati placements 2023 vs 2024: While 2023 was marked by uneven placement conversion across departments despite salary figures at the top end, the 2024 placement season showed broader improvement in placement percentages

After a one-month trial run, a final decision will be taken regarding the overall Srivani darshan timings. The TTD has urged devotees to make use of the online current booking facility to avoid the long wait for tickets. (Express Photo)

From Friday, book Srivani Trust tickets for VIP darshan at Tirupati temple online

January 07, 2026 11:08 am

As part of a one-month trial run, the Srivani Trust tickets will be issued online every day at 9 am, with bookings open until 2 pm, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams said.

The test reports suggested that there was a high polyester content in the shawls and that they were not made of pure silk, the TTD stated.

New scandal at Tirupati: Polyester shawls passed off as silk, ordered at Rs 55 crore

December 10, 2025 4:59 pm

According to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Board, an initial probe revealed that the silk shawls given to visiting dignitaries were made of polyester and not pure silk.

Rice millers must now follow strict protocols, with entire consignments to be rejected if they fail quality checks.

Singed by adulterated ghee controversy, Tirupati temple board now puts focus on quality of rice

November 13, 2025 10:18 pm

Sri Venkateswara temple at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati district uses tonnes of rice daily for its annaprasadam.

Rs 250-crore adulterated ghee sent to make Tirupati temple laddus from 2019 to 2024: SIT

November 11, 2025 8:01 am

The tradition of the laddu prasadam of Lord Venkateswara is now more than 300 years old. The temple at Tirupati started offering the laddu as prasadam to devotees in 1715.

CP Radhakrishnan and N. Chandrababu Naidu at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam.

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

September 30, 2025 2:09 pm

Crowd analysis, facial recognition for missing people – What Tirupati’s new AI-based crowd control system offers

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.

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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.