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- The Sri Durga Malleswara Swamy Varla Devasthanam has introduced a self-service vending machine for temple prasadam.
- Devotees can purchase the items using digital payments without waiting in traditional queues.
- Temple authorities launched the machine as a pilot project at the Central Information Centre in Vijayawada.
- This initiative aims to reduce crowding and streamline the distribution process for pilgrims.
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- Assessment of the pilot machine performance
- Potential expansion of vending machines to other high-traffic temple locations
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K. Ramachandra Mohan
Endowments Department Commissioner
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“the facility was intended to help devotees obtain prasadam without having to wait in queues at the regular counters.”
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…five years of maintenance. At Tirumala, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams’ (TTD’s) kiosks, introduced in 2025, issue tokens for additional laddus that pilgrims then collect at the counters. Mr. Ramachandra Mohan said the facility was intended to help devotees obtain prasadam without having to wait in queues at the regular counters. The machine had been introduced on a trial basis and its functioning would be assessed before considering similar facilities at other locations where there was a heavy flow of devotees, he said. Warning against fake…
“The machine had been introduced on a trial basis and its functioning would be assessed before considering similar facilities at other locations where there was a heavy flow of devotees”
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…tokens for additional laddus that pilgrims then collect at the counters. Mr. Ramachandra Mohan said the facility was intended to help devotees obtain prasadam without having to wait in queues at the regular counters. The machine had been introduced on a trial basis and its functioning would be assessed before considering similar facilities at other locations where there was a heavy flow of devotees , he said. Warning against fake puja tickets Mr. Ramachandra Mohan also cautioned devotees against approaching unauthorised persons or intermediaries for temple darshan and puja tickets. Referring to the recent case…
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