Tirumala, Sept. 25 -- Vice-President of India C P Radhakrishnan and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated new Pilgrims Amenities Centre, Venkatadri Nilayam, constructed at a cost of Rs 102 crore at the hill shrine here today.
The new complex consisting of 16 dormitories, 2400 lockers will provide accommodation free of cost for four thousand pilgrims who visit Tirumala without prior booking of accommodation. Two dining halls with a capacity of 1400 people and a mini Kalyan Katta for 80 pilgrims were present in the new complex.
Later both the Vice-President of India and Chief Minister went round the complex to see the amenities available for devotees. The Chief Minister handed over the first accommodation token to a ...