Tirupathi Darshan

Last year we celebrated ashus first birthday with ayush homam and hosted a party in baghini.this year we wanted to celebrate in a different way by visting Tirupathi on his birthday.
we faced a lot of hurdle last time when we went through package tour so our choice is to do the advance booking and plan as per our convenience and always wanted to be in comfort zone.

so we booked the tickets on nov 2nd at
TTD Information Centre
16th Cross, Vyalikavel
Bangalore - 560 003
Ph:080-3445432/3315361

Reserved my darshan time from Chowdaiah Memorial hall near Shankey Tank.
The counter at Chowdaiah Memorial Hall is open from 10 AM to 1 PM and then from 2 PM to 4 PM. I was surprised to see a long queue and it took 45 minutes for me to reach the counter. Also everyone wanting a darshan needs to be finger printed and photographed in person.
we have booked Archanananthara Darshanam (AAD) darshan that happens at 5:30 AM on all days except Friday and costs 200 Rs.Archanananthara Darshanam (AAD).Its not at all hard to find out things there. Everything gets pretty much obvious once you get there :)
reached tirupathi on 28th morning by train from bangalore and we were allotted room at Sapthagiri which is little far from temple.around 11.00 am ashu and his nana got tonsured and we were left with plenty of time as our darshan is on 29th early morning ,so we planned to visit akasha ganga ,papavinasam and venugopala swamy temple.
we hired a taxi and onthe way we bought a cap for ashu.i liked the one in orange color so without asking ashuof his choice i started bargaining with the shop keeper.
meantime ashu is pointing his fingers on some other one and started saying BOO BOO BOO.
i thought he was asking for a hat with flower as he normally says flowers as boo boo.
but this time its not flowers its the BLUE COLOR CAP.
poor ashu ,wondered how smart to pick the color of his choice in this age and he got the boo boo cap finally.

next day we reported at vaikuntam complex at 4.45 am ,but ashu was crying in that chill weather ,even after wearing thermals i felt very cold and some how managed in the Q.

we had a nice darshnam and left thirumala at 9.30 am ,to catch the airavathi at 12.15am which we have already booked and reached bangalore at 5.15 pm.

its always advisable to book the darshan tickets before hand so that any last minute hurrey burrey can be avoided.

this blog is for my friends who were enquiring of how to book tickets at bangalore.

have a nice darshan.
God Bless