DWARAKA TIRUMALA: The management of Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple at ‘Dwaraka Tirumala’ (Chinna Tirupati) is giving a facelift to the hill shrine to cater to the needs of the devotees.
The annual gross income of the temple during 2008-09 was Rs 28 crore and the net income was Rs 12 crore. The temple management is anticipating a net income of Rs 15 crore during 2009-2010. A queue complex with 12 compartments is coming up soon with facilities like Vaikuntam queue complex on the Tirumala hills.
On an average about 10,000 devotees visit the temple every day. On holidays and other festival days, the pilgrim turnout is about 20,000 to 25,000. At present accommodation is available to 5,000 devotees and the temple management is taking steps to construct more cottages and dormitories on the hills to accommodate 10,000 to15,000 devotees.
As many as 120 rooms are coming up on the hills at an estimated cost of Rs 12 crore along with donor rooms and cottages. The temple management is providing food to 2,000 devotees every day under Sri Venkateswara Saswatha Annadana Padhakam.
The management adopted six temples in West Godavari, Krishna and East Godavari districts.
In addition to this, the temple management is running Sri Venkateswara Agama patasala, Sanskrit school, two junior collages, one degree college and an Ayurveda hospital in Bhimadolu, Lakshmpuram, Kamavarapukota and Dwarakatirumala.
Under Gosamrakshana Padhakam, the temple management is rearing 250 cows on the hills. About 500 persons donated funds to the scheme. Meanwhile, the temple is also implementing ‘Agama Vidyardhi Dattata Padhakam’.
Speaking to `TNIE’, temple Executive Officer MVSS Vishnu Prasad has said that at present the temple is having deposits to the tune of Rs 22 crore and Rs 6 crore under Sri Venkateswara Swamy Vari Saswatha Nityannadana Trust.
We are keeping a stock of 20,000 laddus to avoid scarcity.
All steps are being taken to provide hasslefree darshan to the pilgrims thronging the temple, the EO added. Various Arjitha Sevas are also being performed in the temple.