BALAJI DHARSHAN at TIRUMALA-TIRUPATI MADE EASY.

by **Sri** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 1:22 pm

Balaji Dharshan in Tirumala-Tirupati is made easy only with the help of Touts and Agents honorably calling themselves as public relationship officers (PRO) of several organizations.

This time we went to Tirumala-Tirupati for Dharshan. We went for the Rs50/- Sudharshan token. We were allotted -(Q complex) entry timing at exactly 48 hours later time. Somebody told me that even after entering the Q complex you have to further crawl/move for 4 more hours for the final Dharshan.

We were lucky this some. We somehow managed to get the help of an Agent. He moved here and there and somehow managed to get the piece of letter addressed to Andhra Bank signed by a member at Chairman’s office.

He took totally Rs 350/- from us. This includes his fees as well as the bribe money given at some TTD office.( That s what he said)

I don’t know how he managed to get the signatures with in half an hour.

We then remitted Rs 100/- per head at the Andhra Bank counter situated inside the VIP Cell (Popularly called Cellar entry).

We completed the Dharshan within 70 minutes.

by **CtrlAltDel** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:37 pm

hmmmm....bribing to say hello to god...? not good...not good at all...

by **spamtaneous** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:42 pm

we had to carry a letter from endowments officer.... without which we couldnt have got the cool accomodation....

also u can see many pujaris who will be performing portable poojas when u stand in queue... (for money ofcourse)

ahh..and how can i forget the pathetic quarrels in the prasadam line

overall the visit was not so memorable one...for me :oops:

this was 4-5 yrs back

by **Sri** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:37 pm

bribing to say hello to god...?

Basically we did not want to bribe

I went initially to the Vijaya Bank complex at Tirumala hoping to get special dharshan tickets.

The pilgrims waiting in the queue were clueless.

Believe me, one person did not know the type of ticket he is standing to purchase.

He told me that he is ready to take anything available at the earliest.

Such was the pandemonium over there.

By the time 1030 hrs all the tickets for the next day were sold out.

They said there is no ‘special dharshan ticket for the next day’.

I did not know about the advanced reservation also.

Nobody guides there properly.

So we took the short route and took the VIP Cellar ticket.

by **CtrlAltDel** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:08 pm

tirupati has become very commercial and the administration/priests are corrupt...i'd say Chilkur Balaji temple is a 1000 times better option to visit, for a serious devotee...

by **Rational HP** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:26 pm

CtrlAltDel wrote:tirupati has become very commercial and the administration/priests are corrupt...i'd say Chilkur Balaji temple is a 1000 times better option to visit, for a serious devotee...

Does a serious devotee really need to visit temples et al?

by HH » Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:23 pm

Rational HP wrote:
CtrlAltDel wrote:..i'd say Chilkur Balaji***** temple is a 1000 times better option to visit, for a serious devotee ^^^^^...

Does a serious devotee^^^^^ really need to visit temples et al?

Those With Throbbing Temples ... Have To Throng Temples ... The Bigger The Noisier The Busier THE BETTER! ***** Out Of The Way ... Busy With Devotees "Running" Round, As Per One's Desire / Vow ... Like "Visa", say.

^^^^^One Who Sees The TEMPLE Within Becomes Worthy Of Reverence ...

by **CtrlAltDel** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:19 am

Rational HP wrote:
CtrlAltDel wrote:tirupati has become very commercial and the administration/priests are corrupt...i'd say Chilkur Balaji temple is a 1000 times better option to visit, for a serious devotee...
Does a serious devotee really need to visit temples et al?

as a matter of fact, no...

by **Miss.Take** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:27 am

Rational HP wrote:
CtrlAltDel wrote:tirupati has become very commercial and the administration/priests are corrupt...i'd say Chilkur Balaji temple is a 1000 times better option to visit, for a serious devotee...

Does a serious devotee really need to visit temples et al?

i think its more of a competition than devotion. its like they say " well i went to tirupathi so n so many times" and others try and beat it! very very very distant family members of mine do that! ( quite sad really)

BALAJI DHARSHAN at TIRUMALA-TIRUPATI MADE EASY.

Can we perform Balaji Dharshan by short cut ways?

BALAJI DHARSHAN at TIRUMALA-TIRUPATI MADE EASY.

Those With Throbbing Temples ... The TEMPLE Within

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