With the booking of Rs. 300 special darshan tickets of
the Tirumala shrine at post offices getting a good response in Andhra
Pradesh and Telangana, the Postal Department has decided to extend the
facility to 256 more post offices in a phased manner.
The
sale of the darshan tickets was launched in 101 post offices across the
two States in January this year with the collaboration of the Tirumala
Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) and as many as 11,050 tickets have been
booked by April first week.
With the new ones to be
covered under the scheme, the total postal offices offering the facility
will go up to 357, according to Superintendent of Posts (Tirupati
Division) T.A.V. Sarma.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com
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