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VIPs should limit their visit to Tirumala to once in a year: Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu

Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu pays obeisance at the sacred golden Dwajasthambham at Lord Venkateswara temple, at Tirumala in Tirupati, on 10. (Source: PTI)

Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on February 10 reiterated that VIPs should limit their visit to the hill temple of Lord Venkateswara to once in a year and enable common devotees have a comfortable darshan of the presiding deity.

Mr. Naidu who offered prayers at the hill temple along with his wife Smt. Ushamma and other family members extolled various pilgrim initiatives taken up by TTD for the benefit of ordinary pilgrims and also underlined the need for protection of tradition and sanatana dharma. “The essence of spirituality lies in rendering service to the mankind and treading the path shown by the Almighty,” he said.

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