TTD provides technical advice to Ayodhya Ram Temple on crowd management

Tirumala: A team of Engineering officials from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), manages the world famous Venkateshwara temple in Tirumala, led by Executive officer AV Dharma Reddy visited Ayodhya and submitted a comprehensive report on crowd management.

The TTD team visited Ayodhya upon the temple Trust invitation and provided technical advice to them on crowd management.

It may be mentioned here that upon the request of Rama Janmabhumi Theertha Kshetra Trust, the TTD officials team had earlier visited in February this year to assess the requirements of the Trust for providing hassle-free darshan to the devotees akin to Tirumala.

On Saturday evening a meeting was held between the TTD EO and organizers of the Trust.

A comprehensive report comprising Technical Advice on Crowd Management, queue lines, water points, enter and exit ways was submitted to the temple Trust.

Later, the TTD team had a darshan of Bala Rama in Ayodhya Mandiram.

From TTD, Technical Advisor G. Ramachandra Reddy, Superintending Engineer-2 Jagadeeshwar Reddy, Deputy Executive Engineers -- Ramakrishna, Nagaraju participated while on behalf of Ram Mandir Trust Champath Roy, Gopalji, Anil Mishra, Dinesh, Sukhla were present.

TTD has been a pioneer in this area, adopting technologies such as barcodes early to streamline the flow of devotees. Every day, nearly 65,000-70,000 people visit Tirumala, with crowds peaking at around 100,000 on some days like annual Brahmotsavams.