Lord Venkateswara temple registers thin crowd since April second week
The Hindu
The turnout of pilgrims have plummeted to little over 20,000 from around 50,000
Tirumala: The temple of Lord Venkateswara has been registering thin crowds since the second week of April. The turnout of pilgrims which hovered around 50,000 devotees a day till the first half of the month plummeted to little over 20,000 pilgrims with the annulling of Sarva darshanam from April 12 — a decision that was taken to curb the spread of the second wave of COVID-19. According to statistics the temple had experienced footfalls exceeding 20,000 only on five days in the last fortnight. On all the rest eleven days the crowd stood well below the mark. The fact that the temple had registered a crowd of about 9,640 and 6,431 pilgrims on April 29th and 30th speaks about the diluted situation.
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