Thousands have darshan at Arasavalli temple

With the arrival of hundreds of devotees from completely different elements of Andhra Pradesh and different States, the temple wore a festive look since early hours. The pageant of Surya Jayanti started with ksheerabhisekham below the supervision of Swamy Swatmanandendra of the Visakhapatnam Sarada Peetham and chief priest Ippili Sankara Sarma. Endowments Joint Director Bhramaramba supplied Pattuvastrams to the presiding deity on behalf of the State authorities. Deputy Commissioner N. Sujatha and the Executive Officer of the temple V. Hari Suryaprakash monitored the particular prayers in accordance with the temple customs. The deity’s ‘nijaroopa darshanam’ (unique kind) was allowed until 2 a.m. and later the devotees had darshan of the deity in a adorned kind.

Deputy Chief Minister D. Krishnadas, Speaker T. Sitharam, Srikakulam MLA Dharmana Prasad Rao, MP Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, Vizianagaram MP Bellana Chandrasekhar, Rajya Sabha member Mopidevi Venkata Ramana and different public representatives had the darshan of the deity.

Limited passes

The introduction of VIP cross system, helped stop entry of unauthorised individuals into the VIP queue line and keep away from the chaos witnessed in earlier years. Just a few public representatives and officers have expressed displeasure with the distribution of restricted passes. The district administration reportedly issued solely 800 passes despite strain from many VIP households.

The donors have been allowed in a particular queue line as a majority of them have been senior residents.

Indra Pushkarani premises was abuzz with exercise and preparation of prasadam in a conventional approach. Many ladies supplied prayers to the solar earlier than having darshan within the temple. They expressed happiness with the particular preparations for his or her puja on the premises.