Devotees had a divine sight of celestial ghee-lit lamps on Sunday evening at Srivari temple under the carpet of dazzling diyas all around from Mahadwaram to Ananada Nilayam and outside temples.
With the shine of thousands of lamps, the ‘Karthika Deepotsavam’ was observed by TTD with religious fervour.
TTD conducted the festival of lights, the annual Karthika Deepotsavam at Srivari temple after daily ‘Kainkaryams’ and ‘Nivedana’ on Sunday evening.
The bright ghee lamps were placed initially in 100 ‘Mukullu’, (mud pots) everywhere between 6 pm to 8 pm by temple staff to mark the auspicious festival in the holy month of ‘Karthik’a.
The diyas were lit at all locations inside the Srivari temple like sub-temples, ‘Bangaru vakili’ inside ‘Vimana prakaram’ and mandapams, Vendi Vakili etc. inside the Sampangi prakaram besides the ‘nagaswaram’ etc. ‘Bedi Anjaneya temple, Varaha Swami temple, and Swami Pushkarani were also decorated with lights showcasing Tirumala as Bhooloka Vaikuntham.
Tirumala Pedda Jeeyar Swamy, one of the chief priests Venugopala Deekshitulu, TTD EO AV Dharma Reddy, DLO Veerraju, Temple DyEO Lokanatham, VGO Nanda Kishore and other officials were present.
In view of the festival, TTD has cancelled the Sahara Deepalankara Seva at Srivari temple.
