Tirupati, Sept. 16 -- Former Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) chairman Bhuma Karunakar Reddy has strongly condemned the shocking act of desecration at Alipiri, where a sacred idol of Sri Maha Vishnu was found amid filth.
He said the grave incident has deeply hurt the sentiments of devotees and reflects the complete failure of the current TTD Board under Chairman BR Naidu.
Karunakar Reddy said that the idol clearly bears the Shankha and Chakra, the divine symbols of Sri Maha Vishnu, and cannot be misrepresented as belonging to any other deity.
Attempts to explain it away as a discarded sculpture are baseless and irresponsible. "The incident highlights the collapse of TTD's surveillance and monitoring systems, raising serious concerns o...