On Deepavali day, Tirumala records highest Hundi collection
The Hindu
At, ₹6.31 crore, the hundi proceeds is regarded as the highest income ever-received in a single day
The 'Hundi' at the temple of Lord Venkateswara on Sunday registered a record income of ₹6.31 crore by way of offerings received from the visiting devotees.
The staggering hundi proceeds is regarded as the highest income ever received in a single day in the annals of the temple’s history surpassing the previous bests of ₹6.28 crores in 2018 and ₹6.18 crores recorded on April 7th this year.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.