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TTD Reports 7.83 Lakh Pilgrims for Vaikunta Dwara Darshan

AI-enabled monitoring helped speed up darshan for record crowds.

Overview

  • TTD said attendance rose by about one lakh from last year to 7.83 lakh over December 30 to January 8.
  • Hundi offerings totaled Rs 41.14 crore during the 10-day period.
  • Of 182 available darshan hours, 164 were allotted to general devotees, with peak footfalls of about 89,000 on January 3 and 83,000 on January 2.
  • Services scaled up included the sale of 44 lakh laddus and annadanam for roughly 33 lakh pilgrims, with hot badam milk provided in queues.
  • Crowd management used an Integrated Command Control Centre with AI monitoring and deployments of 2,400 police, 1,150 vigilance staff and about 4,000 Srivari Sevaks, while around 2.06 lakh devotees undertook tonsuring.