Panels to supervise TTD works

TTD trust board chairman Kanumuri Bapiraju said they were contemplating committees with board members to supervise various works.
 The TTD trust board meeting, held here on Tuesday for the first time after the appointment of new trust members, reviewed the arrangements for the ensuing Salakatla Brahmotsavams and the visit of chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, slated to arrive September 18 for offering silk vasthrams to the Lord on behalf of the state government.
 The CM will also inaugurate Tiruvenkatapatham ring road,he said

Bapiraju eyes second term as Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams chief

HYDERABAD: Kanumuri Bapiraju is eyeing a second term as Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) chairman even as he faces stiff competition from senior Congress leaders who are also leaving no stone unturned to bag the coveted post. The term of the present trust board headed by Bapiraju ends next month. Though the TTD chairman has a two-year term, the government gave him only one-year term last year after the devasthanams was embroiled in several controversies with the specified authority managing the affairs of the richest temple for some time.
Sources said the chances of Bapiraju getting a second term were bright as his tenure was non-controversial, if not effective. "None of Bapiraju's predecessors had a smooth sailing as their names cropped up in controversies and scams. But Bapiraju has so far managed to run the board smoothly by putting his foot down where it mattered the most," a TTD insider said. Sources said Bapiraju had been in constant touch with Union minister Chidambaram and new president Pranab Mukherjee. Pranab reportedly called up Bapiraju and asked him to rush to Delhi with Lord Venkateswara's famous laddu prasadam ahead of his swearing-in as the 13{+t}{+h} President on Wednesday morning. "Bapiraju is confident about getting an extension owing to his proximity to Congress president Sonia Gandhi," a senior TTD official told TOI. Bapiraju was much in news for the goof up in issuing thousands of passes to VIP pilgrims during Ekadasi celebrations in January this year, forcing some MLAs to complain to the assembly speaker on the 'quota' system for the VIPs.

శ్రీవారి సేవకు చేనేత వస్త్రాలు వినియోగిస్తాం : కనుమూరి

ఇకపై శ్రీవారి సేవలన్నింటికీ చేనేత వస్త్రాలను వినియోగించనున్నట్టు తిరుమల తిరుపతి దేవస్థానం ఛైర్మన్ కనుమూరి బాపిరాజు వెల్లడించారు. ఈ వస్త్రాలను ఆప్కో సంస్థ ద్వారా కొనుగోలు చేయనున్నట్టు తెలిపారు.

ఈ అంశంపై ఆయన బుధవారం ఢిల్లీ మీడియాతో మాట్లాడుతూ... శ్రీవారి పూజలకు ఇక నుంచి రసాయన కలుషితాలు లేకుండా నేసిన వస్త్రాలనే వినియోగించాలని నిర్ణయం తీసుకుంటామన్నారు. ఇందుకు ఏటా అయ్యే రెండు కోట్ల రూపాయల విలువ చేసే నగదు నేత కార్మికులకు అందితే భక్తులు ఇచ్చే విరాళాలు సైతం సద్వినియోగమౌతాయన్నారు.

ఇకపోతే.. తిరుమల తిరుగిరుల్లో అన్యమత ప్రచారం సాగకుండా కఠిన చర్యలు తీసుకుంటామన్నారు. ముఖ్యంగా, తితిదే సిబ్బందిని తొలుత చైతన్యవంతులు చేయాల్సి ఉందన్నారు. ఇటీవల ముగ్గురు తితిదే సిబ్బంది అన్యమత ప్రచారం చేస్తూ పట్టుబడిన విషయాన్ని ఆయన గుర్తు చేశారు. భవిష్యత్‌లో ఇలాంటివి జరుగకుండా మరిన్ని జాగ్రత్తలు తీసుకోనున్నట్టు ఆయన తెలిపారు

Service is above politics: Bapiraju

The TTD chairman, Mr Kanumuri Bapiraju, was all praise for senior BJP leader, Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu, and his daughter, Ms Deepa Venkat, for their service to the poor and needy through the Swarna Bharat Trust established by them at Venkatachalam.

The TTD chairman, Mr Kanumuri Bapiraju, was all praise for senior BJP leader, Mr M. Venkaiah Naidu, and his daughter, Ms Deepa Venkat, for their service to the poor and needy through the Swarna Bharat Trust established by them at Venkatachalam.
He was addressing a programme organised on the occasion of distribution of artificial limbs and other aids produced by Jaipur-based Bhagwan Mahaveer Vikalang Sahayata Samithi to the disabled at Swarna Bharat Trust in Venkatachalam, 16 kms from Nellore on Monday.
He said that it was better to keep social service matters away from politics. He claimed that the TTD was providing contact lens through Sankar Netralaya free.
He also pointed to earmarking sizable funds for supply of artificial limbs and other gadgets for the disabled through the Balaji Institute of Surgery, Research and Rehabilit-ation for the Disabled (BIRRD hospital).
He said that they will also conduct a free medical camp under the auspices of BIRRD at Swarna Bharath Trust soon.
He recalled his association with Mr Venkaiah Naidu since 1978 when both were legislators.
In his address, Mr Venkaiah Naidu felt that giving the TTD chairman’s post to Mr Bapiraju instead of to contractors, traders and others, was a sound decision, pointing to his spiritual bent of mind and service oriented approach. He stressed the need to create opportunities for the disabled on par with others.
He lauded Bhagwan Mahaveer Vikalang Sahayata Samiti for their service.
Dr Prabhakar, disabled welfare wing AD, Ms Vani and urban IKP PD, Ms Kamalakumari, Mahaveer Samithi representative, Mr Indra Sen Singh and RVM PD, Mr S.K. Jilani Basha, participated in the programme.

Better facilities await Tirumala pilgrims

The temple management of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, along with the Indian Railways, have decided to provide better facilities to devotees visiting Titupati from across the country.

Addressing media at Tirupati on Friday, TTD chairman Kanumuri Baapiraju said: “Tirupathi being the highest revenue grosser, they have planned to construct a foot over bridge connecting Vishnu Nivasam and Railway station and asked the concerned officials to prepare and submit the design of the plan in 15 days to Railway DRM office.” The DRM will take decision in another two weeks time after observing the designs, he added.

A TTD information centre will also come up in the Railway station soon to provide necessary information regarding accommodation, darshan and other facilities. Railway e-Ticket counters will also be set up in Srinivasam, Vishnunivasam and SV Guest house for the pilgrims will be built.

Bapiraju said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will lay the foundation stone to the pucca houses meant for the Tirumala displaced families on April 22. He will also lay the foundation to a sub-way to be constructed between the Srinivasam Complex and the RTC bus stand in Tirupati.

No priority darshan for VIPs at Tirumala

TIRUMALA: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Trust Board has decided to withdraw the intervention of government department official machinery to conduct Kalyanamasthu programme in the state. They have decided to conduct ‘Nitya Kalyanamasthu’ at only 11 important temples including Srisailam, Yadagirigutta, Basara, Vemulavada, Dwaraka Tirumala, Mangalagiri, Arasavelli, Annavaram, Kanaka Durga temple and in Tirumala in association with the endowments ministry.
Briefing newsmen about the deliberations of the board meeting which met here on Tuesday, TTD chairman Kanumuri Bapiraju said “we are not winding up Kalyanamasthu, but the TTD will conduct mass marriages in state without violations or deviations of the customary marriage ceremony.’’
Another important decision the board has taken is to drop the existing priority and top-priority system in VIP break darshan from Wednesday and a new system will be announced in the next meeting. Till then the old VIP break darshan system with an entry fee of Rs 500 would be continued.
‘‘We have reviewed the ongoing civil works particularly Kalyanamandapams and instructed the engineering department to complete the construction work on or before June,’’ the TTD chairman said and added that the Board has entrusted the publication stall at Bangalore Information Centre to Ramakrishna Mission.
The Board has resolved to renovate the Antharvedi Neela Kanteswaraswamy temple, Bapiraju said and added that the Board has also decided to take over the Koneti Venkataraya temple  in Chittoor district.
The Board, in Tuesday’s meeting found a solution to the decade-long problem of rehabilitation of the homeless from Tirumala and allotted `3,80,000 for construction of houses at Mangalam near Tirumala Nagar. This will benefit 151 families evacuated from Tirumala.
Contract lecturers in the TTD educational institutions will be eligible for timescale for which the Board has taken a decision in the last meeting. Accordingly, the wages of the contract teachers working in the TTD schools will also be hiked.

Sree Sita Rama Kalyanam - Bhadrachalam

clothes given by bapiraju