TTD to build 500 Lord Venkateshwara temples in Telugu states

Tirupati, Feb 3 : In a bid to promote Sanatana Hindu Dharma, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) will build 500 Lord Venkateshwara Swamy temples in the Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
“The TTD is committed to build 500 temples of Sri Venkateswara Swamy across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as part of its agenda to promote Sanatana Hindu Dharma,” TTD executive officer K.S. Jawahar Reddy said on Wednesday.
Reddy said the TTD will push ahead with its temple building activity in collaboration with the Samarasata Seva Foundation and the Sanskriti Samvardini in the second phase.
Praising the activities of the Samarasata Seva Foundation, which runs the Bala Vikas Kendras, Reddy advised the temple officials to dispatch devotional and patriotic TTD publications to them.
He also directed the officials to conduct special training on Shodasha Samskaras for ‘archakas’ (priests) working in remote SC, ST and fishermen colonies.
Further, the senior IAS officer said that TTD aims to perform the Srinivasa Kalyanam fete in the already built 500 temples in the Telugu states under the aegis of the Srinivasa Kalyanam project.