Tirumala,
the most sought after holy shrine in India was the pride of United AP
but after bifurcation, the region went to AP and Telangana has been
trying hard to compensate for this by developing Yadadri. At the same
time, like other states, now even TS may be gaining some special
recognition.
After signing an agreement
recently with the Kerala authorities for building lodging facility
exclusively for devotees from the state Telangana, the TRS government is
reportedly considering the same in Tirumala.
An
IAS officer was sent in this regard to check on the facilities that are
being offered to Telangana state’s devotees by the TTD. Until though
there been no such distinction for Telugus in the temple town, many say
that letters from Telangana’s leaders are being ignored big time.
Tirumala
is visited everyday by devotees from all over the world. Since states
like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and other mutts have exclusive areas for them
to house their own VIPs and devotees, now even Telangana may get some
land from Andhra Pradesh towards this!