Over three lakh devotees throng Tirumala to witness Ratha Sapthami

TIRUMALA, JANUARY 25, 2026:  The Surya Jayanti festival also known as Ratha Sapthami and fondly called Mini Brahmotsavams, has witnessed a pilgrim footfall of over three lakh on Sunday like never before and was a stupendous success, said TTD Chairman Sri BR Naidu.

After inspecting galleries along with TTD EO Sri AK Singhal and interacting with the devotees, he said the TTD officials, in coordination with Vigilance and district police, made elaborate arrangements to ensure that no devotee is put to inconvenience.

Following the humongous success, the Chairman thanked everyone, including TTD officials, staff, police, district administration, Srivari Sevaks and above all devotees towards the huge success.

Meanwhile, the entire Tirumala reverberated with the divine chants of Govinda… Govinda..by tens of thousands of devotees thronged from various places across the country.

TTD has provided 14 varieties of delicacies, including Sambar rice, tomato rice, curd rice, sundal, badam milk, etc., at regular intervals. Around 2000 Sevaks were deployed exclusively to serve Annaprasadam to devotees, and another 750 to serve drinking water to pilgrims waiting in galleries, and 250 to man the pilgrim crowd.

TTD Trust Board Chairman Sri BR Naidu and TTD EO Sri AK Singhal personally interacted with the devotees.

The devotees expressed immense satisfaction at the Annaprasadam, drinking water, shelter and other services being offered to them.

To supervise the services offered to the devotees, under the instructions of TTD Additional EO Sri Ch Venkaiah Chowdary, TTD JEO Sri Veerabraham personally monitored the facilities. While CV&SO Sri Muralikrishna along with District SP Sri Subbarayudu, continuously monitored the crowd situation and ensured hassle-free Vahana darshan to the devotees.

Senior officers and deputation staff supervised the amenities being provided to the devotees in the galleries of the four Mada streets.

FACAO Sri Balaji, CE Sri Satyanarayana, Deputy CF Sri Phanikumar Naidu, Additional FACAO Sri Raviprasadu, CPRO Dr T Ravi and several other senior officers monitored the arrangements.