Truth revealed about the Tirupati accident

Hyderabad: A stampede broke out while taking tokens for special darshan at the Venkateshwara Swamy temple in Tirupati, the temple city of Andhra Pradesh. During this chaos, more than 4 thousand devotees got caught in it. According to the information received so far, about 6 people died in the stampede due to overcrowding and “administration’s negligence”.

The reason behind the stampede in the temple has also come to light. According to the information, one of the six injured, a female devotee named Mallika, was waiting in the queue at the token counter in Bairagi Pattida Park. At this time she suddenly fell ill. The gates were opened to take her to the hospital, after which there was a stampede.

On Wednesday night, thousands of devotees from across the country came for the 10-day special Vaikuntha Dwar Darshanam, which is going to start from Friday. Speaking to reporters after the incident, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam board member Bhanu Prakash Reddy said, “91 counters were opened to distribute tokens. These gates were to be opened on Thursday morning.”

He said that six devotees died in this stampede, 40 were injured, we are providing medical facilities. This has never happened in the history of TTD. I sincerely apologize to the devotees. We will investigate and take action. In the videos going viral on social media, it can be seen that police officers are controlling the crowd. He said that six devotees died in this stampede, 40 were injured, we are providing medical facilities. This has never happened in the history of TTD. I sincerely apologize to the devotees. We will investigate and take action.

‘Result of negligence…’
In the videos going viral on social media, it can be seen that police officers are controlling the crowd. TTD Chairman BR Naidu has held the management responsible for the incident. He said that this accident is the result of the administration’s negligence. The DSP opened the gate on one side and a stampede occurred. One of the injured in the accident has been identified, today Chief Minister Naidu will go to meet his family.

Lakhs of people gather every year

Every year on Vaikuntha Ekadashi, lakhs of devotees gather for Tirupati Vaikuntha Dwar Darshan. People from every corner of the country reach Tirupati to visit on these special days. This time Vaikuntha Dwar Darshan is to be held from January 10 to January 19. Arrangements were made to distribute tokens for this special darshan. Tokens were to be distributed from the morning of January 9, but for this, people started gathering from the night of January 8 and a stampede occurred as the crowd increased.