No more offline issue of SSD tokens in Tirupati from September 26 Onwards
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Chairman YV Subba Reddy has said 8000 numbers of online Quota of Special Entry Darshan tickets will be released at 9am on September 24.
In a statement released on Wednesday, he said an equal number of 8000 Slotted Sarva Darshan (SSD) tokens will be released in on-line for the period from September 26 to October 31 on September 25 at 9am.
He said TTD will stop the issuance of off-line SSD tokens in Tirupati from September 26 onwards.
The TTD Chairman said the above decision has been made in view of the health security of local devotees as well from other regions in view of the Covid Pandemic.
As the overcrowding at SSD token issue centres earlier had allegedly become a source of the spread of pandemic Covid during the Second wave, TTD has taken this decision.
He also appealed that devotees coming with on-line Special entry tickets or SSD tokens should posses either 2-dose vaccination certificates or should come with Covid Negative test report which they have taken three days before reporting on the day of their darshan.
He urged all devotees to note the Covid guidelines and strictly observe for their personal benefit as well others and co-operate with TTD.