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- A five-day ritual praying for timely and adequate rainfall across India, as well as the welfare and prosperity of humanity, concluded at the Dharmagiri Veda Vignana Peetham in Tirumala on Thursday with a Maha Poornahuti ceremony.
- The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams conducted the Kareri Isti, Varuna Japam and Parjanya Shanti homam to invoke divine blessings for favourable rains and a good agricultural season.
- Thirty-two Vedic priests took part, with the chanting led by the peetham's principal, while TTD officials and board members attended the concluding ceremony.
- The rituals follow a tradition maintained for several decades, with prayers to spare people hardship from excessive or deficient rains.
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- Whether the rainfall situation across India changes after the ritual
- Any future TTD announcements about continuing or repeating such rain-seeking rituals
- Updates on the agricultural season in the regions the prayers targeted
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Named India · Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary · G. Bhanu Prakash Reddy · Kuppa Siva Subrahmanya Avadhani · M. Ravichandra · Panabaka Lakshmi · Shanta Ram · Sri Venkateswara Veda Vignana Peetham · Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams
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