TTD trust receives ₹4.2cr donation from devotee

TTD trust receives ₹4.2cr donation from devotee

Sandeep.Raghavan@timesgroup.com

Tirupati:14.09.2021

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams’ (TTD) Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel trust received a hefty donation of ₹4.2 crore from a devotee. Ravi Ika, president and founder of RxAdvance, handed over the donation (cheque) to additional EO and SVBC MD AV Dharma Reddy on Monday.

The money will be utilised for purchasing high-end video cameras and state-ofthe-art broadcast equipment required for the 24-hour devotional channel managed by the TTD. Ravi Ika also promised to extend another ₹Rs.2.4 crore to SVBC trust, soon. This is highest of donations the TTD has received from a single donor during the pandemic.

Meanwhile, the Union ministry of information and broadcasting on Monday accorded uplinking and downlinking permission for two new TTD channels coming up in Kannada and Hindi languages.

49 TTD staffers issued show cause notice

Tirupati:

TTD has served show cause notices to 49 staffers over diverting house building loans. The temple body provides the loans to its employees to help them realise their dream of owing their own homes.

The rules mandate the employees to utilise the loans for house building purpose only. But a recent enquiry found that 49 employees, who availed loans under the house building scheme, had diverted the money for other purposes.

The temple administration has made it clear that stringent action will be initiated against the employees irrespective of their cadres if they are found guilty. TNN