TIRUPATI: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has decided to build four to five rest shelters on the 135-km-long route from Chennai to Tirupati for the convenience of Tamil Nadu-based devotees who walk the highway stretch to reach the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala.
TTD chairman YV Subba Reddy, who took part in the swearing-in ceremony of former trust board member AJ Sekhar as the new president of TTD’s local advisory committee for the state of Tamil Nadu in Chennai on Monday, announced the temple body’s decision.
“The rest shelters will be erected at every 30-40 km distance,” he said. Thousands of devotees from Tamil Nadu can be seen walking along the Chennai-Tirupati highway during the Tamil month of Purattasi every year.
