
Thousands At One Counter, Absence Of Group Control: What Prompted Tirupati Rush
The dissemination game plans were made at 94 counters at three pioneer lodges – Vishnu Nivasam, Srinivasam and Bhudevi buildings.
Darshan tokens for the 10-day celebration were to be given from 5 am on Thursday.
New Delhi:
Two days before the Vaikunta Ekadasi celebration was set to start at Ruler Venkateswara Swamy sanctuary on Andhra Pradesh’s Tirumala Slopes, huge groups dropped at north of 90 ticket counters set up for the celebration.
Game plans were set up for the dissemination of 1,20,000 tokens to aficionados for the “sarva darshan” (free darshan) of Master Venkateshwara Swamy for the initial three days of the yearly darshan on January 10 to 12.
Lord Venkateswara Swamy , Darshan tokens for the 10-day celebration were to be given from 5 am on Thursday, however large number of individuals accumulated a night prior at counters set up by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which manages sanctuary tasks.
The circulation courses of action were made at 94 counters at three explorer lodges – Vishnu Nivasam, Srinivasam and Bhudevi buildings, other than different spots like Satyanarayanapuram, Bairagipatteda and Ramanaidu school in Tirupati, authorities said.
Tirupati Metropolitan Magistrate N Moruya said the circumstance ran wild at the counter set up at MGM Secondary School in Bairagipatteda, close to the Vishnu Nivasam sanctuary. Around 4,000-5,000 individuals crowded the counter from Wednesday morning. By the night, the group became raucous, prompting pushing and jarring.
As indicated by BR Naidu, director of TTD, when an entryway was opened to help a lady feeling unwell, the group flooded forward at the same time, prompting confusion.
Absence of sufficient game plans to deal with the groups brought about a charge late Wednesday night, in which no less than six fans kicked the bucket and more than 40 were harmed.
The celebration permits aficionados to implore the god Ruler Venkateswara from the northern entry of the sanctuary.
Head of the state Narendra Modi said his contemplations were with the people who lost their “precious ones”. Head of Resistance in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi encouraged Congress laborers to give all conceivable help with this troublesome time.
Andhra Pradesh Boss Pastor N Chandrababu Naidu mourned the occurrence, saying it “profoundly upset” him. “The demise of a few lovers in a rush close to Vishnu Niwasam in Tirupati for tokens to visit Tirumala Srivari Vaikuntha Dwara has stunned me. This disastrous occurrence, which occurred when fans had assembled in enormous numbers for tokens, profoundly upset me,” Chandrababu Naidu wrote in a post in Telugu on X”.