Hyderabad, August 05: Several scandals, like disappearance of invaluable gold ornaments presented to the Lord by emperor Srikrishnadevaraya and illegal sale of seva tickets would be highlighted as part of the TDP”s agitation, according to senior MLAs Gali Muddukrishnama Naidu and Bojjala Gopalakrishna Reddy.
“Some special seva tickets of the Lord have been sold out for the next 50 years. Some members of the TTD Board sold these tickets in the black market,” they alleged and demanded that the inquiry report by the Vigilance and Enforcement Department into the TTD affairs be publicised immediately.
The TDP initially planned to organise a silent protest with 20,000 people in front of the main temple in Tirumala but later dropped the move as it may cause inconvenience to pilgrims. On August 8, Chandrababu Naidu will visit Srikalahasti and inspect the site where the Siva temple”s gali gopuram, built about 500 years ago by Srikrishnadevaraya, collapsed a couple of months ago. He will later proceed to the Varasiddhi Vinayaka temple at Kanipakam in Chittoor district as part of the “save temples” campaign.
——PTI