Meanwhile, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Piyush Goyal, who was also visiting the Tirumala temple, had a brief interaction with the AP CM inside the hill temple on Thursday. For more news like this visit TOI .

In an attempt to reduce the crowd atop the Tirumala hill, the temple administration started issuing special darshan tickets for people through special counters set up in downhill Tirupati in 2022.

Indian cricketer Nitish Kumar Reddy reached Tirumala hill top on knees to have darshan of Lord Venkateswara. Nitish a native or Vizag had recently performed well during the test series.# ...