A batch of devotees from Gopasandram village in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu trekked all the way to reach Tirupati, the holy abode of Lord Venkateswara, on Friday, covering a distance of over 250 km on foot.
The devotees, numbering in their hundreds, reached the temple of Sri Kalyana Venkateswara in Srinivasa Mangapuram this morning, ahead of reaching Srivari Mettu, where the flight of stairs to the Tirumala hills begins.