Tirumala temple gets hundi collection of Rs 782.69 crore in 6 months because April

TIRUPATI: The world’s wealthiest Hindu temple, the Lord Venkateswara shrine atop Tirumala, got a record earnings of Rs 782.69 crore in money offerings (kanukas) from fans for the Srivari Hundi in the 6 months because April this year. The temple trust board had actually wanted to make a significant piece of its earnings from the hundi and made a monetary price quote of Rs 1,000 crore for the 2022-23 fiscal year. It has, by now, made almost 78 percent of the approximated collections though 3 more months are left for the conclusion of the year. Offering information of the collections, TTD executive officer Dharma Reddy stated on Sunday that the hill temple has actually been seeing an unmatched pilgrim step since the Covid-19 constraints were alleviated in March this year. The temple got Rs 122 crore as month-to-month collection through the Srivari Hundi in September, while the previous month, August, saw the temple’s hundi gathering Rs 140.34 crore, the greatest ever in the history of TTD. Based on the main data, the earnings through the money offerings in the hundi was Rs7939 crore and Rs 79.34 crore in January and February this year respectively. The Hundi collection increased to Rs 128.60 crore in March, signing up a dive of almost Rs 50 crore. It, nevertheless, reduced to Rs 126.65 crore in April. It jumped to Rs 130.29 crore in May. While the Hundi got money offerings of Rs 123.76 crore in June, it increased to Rs 139.46 crore in July, Rs 140.34 crore in August and Rs 122.19 crore in September. The number of pilgrims having darshan at Tirumala temple is likewise increasing. In February, about 10.97 lakh pilgrims had darshan, and it increased to 19.72 lakh in March, 20.64 lakh in April, 22.62 lakh in May, 23.23 lakh in June, 23.37 lakh in July and 22.22 lakh in August. In September, 21.12 lakh pilgrims had darshan and 9.02 lakh pilgrims got the tonsure done. …
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