The ongoing pandemic has affected all areas of life. Now, concerns of public health raised by Covid-19 have prompted the TTD to stop the sale of the famous Tirupati Laddu prasadam on the second Saturday and Sunday of this month.
According a statement issued by the TTD, the Himayatnagar branch of the TTD, which sells the much-sought-after prasadam every month would not be selling the same on the second Saturday and Sunday of this month due to the ongoing pandemic.
The temple authorities have urged all devotees to cooperate with them.
This statement came right after the TTD relaxed the curfew timings for devotees visiting Tirumala during Andhra Pradesh's
two-week-long partial lockdown from 12 noon to 6:00 am, in effect till May 18.
According to the orders, devotees arriving at the Alipiri check after noon will also be allowed entry into the temple after showing their entry tickets. However, all other commercial establishments will still be closed at noon.
As part of the partial lockdown, the AP government has decided to
seal its borders with Telangana between 12 noon and 6:00 am every day in an attempt to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Vehicles will only be allowed into Andhra Pradesh between 6:00 am and 12:00 pm. However, ambulances, goods vehicles, doctors' vehicles, and persons travelling from Gannavaram Airport have been exempted from the curfew.
A GO issued by the Jagan regime reveals that this state of affairs will continue till May 18.
As part of these restrictions, the AP police have also imposed Section 144 at the Grikepadu border check-post near Kodad in Suryapet district, at the Pondugula board check-post near Wadapally, and at the Macherla check-post near Nagarjuna Sagar in Nalgonda district.