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| “Annadanam Samam Danam Trilokeshu Na Vidhathe” |
Launch Roti-sabzi service for North Indian pilgrinms
Unveil the state of art Roti machiNe making 2000 rotis
per hour.
Tirupati, July 5: These are the verses from the Vedas, meaning
Annadanam is supreme and incomparable to any charity. Hence giving food to the
devotees is more than attaining heaven.
The Tirumala Tirupati
Devasthanams(TTD) has taken up this noble task of serving the hungry providing
free food in the name of "Annadanam" since several decades. With its
prime motto-"Manava Sevaye Madhava Seva", the TTD is marching ahead
in Nitya Annadanam scheme from the past 25 years.
H.E. the President of India,
Smt.Pratibha Devi Singh Patil will inaugurate
a brand new Annadanam
complex named as SRI TARIGONDA VENGAMAMBA NITYA ANNADANA
COMPLEX on July 7 in Tirumala during
heer one day visit to the hill shrine .
TTD began the free food service to
the pilgrims on 6th April 1985 with a feeding capacity of just 2000 pilgrims.
But today as many as 35-45thousand devotees are enjoying free meals every day
and rever it as 'Lord Venkateswara's prasadam' in the massive Annadanam complex
at Tirumala which is open for 12 hours
a day .
In view of every increasing pilgrim influx to the holy
hill shrine, the number of pilgrims consuming free meals has also considerably
increased year by year. On an average, in a year, over one crore pilgrims
consume free meals in the Annadanam Complex of TTD.
To facilitate the devotees TTD has
taken up construction of a new massive Annadanam complex to accomodate
more devotees. While the present building has the capacity to feed almost 2000
pilgrims in one sitting, the new complex constructed at a cost of
Rs.33cr can accomodate 4000 pilgrims at a time.
FEATURES OF NEW
ANNADANA COMPLEX:
Spread over two lakh square feet, the new Annadanam
building consists of four massive halls, each with a capacity of 1000 seats.
Apart from providing the south indian rice meals, TTD has also made arrangement
for providing Roti and sabzi to the devotees from north.It has purchased rothi
making machine which can prepare 2000 rothis in an hour. Apart from this, state
– of –art of machinery has also been installed in this massive complex.
The new Annadanam complex being inaugurated by H.E. the President of India, Smt.Pratibha
Devi Singh Patil on July 7 in Tirumala will have a capacity to facilitate free
food to 75,000 to one lakh pilgrims daily .