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Tirupati temple gets record offerings
January 03, 2007 08:47 IST
A first in temple history, the world famous Venkateswara Temple's hundi registered a record collection of over Rs 1 crore every day in the past ten days from December 23, including sums of Rs 2.1 crore on Vaikunta Ekadasi day and Rs 1.85 crore on January 1. The total collection came to about Rs 14 crore as against Rs 7.84 crore during the annual Brahmotsavam. Apart from the money, the hundi was full of precious stones, gold and silver articles and coins, a TTD official said on Wednesday.
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Sub: Tirupati gets record offerings
The Tirupati Hundi collections of Lord Venkateswara have to be treated as a national wealth for the cause of Hindu religion and philosophy.
Posted by Kunuthur Srinivasa Reddy
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Sub: Spend this money to help poor people
It is good to hear this news. But is this money or even a part of this money is spent on the following issues: 1) ...
Posted by Murki Suresh
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Sub: Tirupati gets record offerings
What has the temple done with all these generous funds - how many charities do they fund? It's time they created a United Hindu Charities ...
Posted by labrea
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