{"id":2243,"date":"2020-04-08T20:25:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T14:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-global-press.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2020-04-08T20:25:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T14:55:32","slug":"ttd-and-other-temple-guest-houses-in-andhra-used-as-quarantine-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=2243","title":{"rendered":"TTD and other temple guest houses in Andhra used as quarantine centres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-very-light-gray-background-color\"> Three guest houses within the town, run by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/ttd-and-other-temple-guest-houses-andhra-turned-quarantine-centres-122066\"> trust<\/a>, are already being used by the district administration to accommodate homeless persons and stranded migrant workers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/ttd-and-other-temple-guest-houses-andhra-turned-quarantine-centres-122066\">Newsminute<\/a> has reported.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>District officials in Chittoor have converted temple guest houses into quarantine centres, where contacts of COVID-19 patients are being isolated and monitored. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Three guest houses within the town, run by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/ttd-and-other-temple-guest-houses-andhra-turned-quarantine-centres-122066\"> trust<\/a>, are already being used by the district administration to accommodate homeless persons and stranded migrant workers. Another guest house with around 500 rooms has now been taken over to be used as quarantine centres, for people who have been at risk of infection from known COVID-19 patients. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cA new building called Padmavati Nilayam which hasn\u2019t been used by devotees yet, has been handed over to the district administration. Unlike the other guest houses, it is located far from the temple and the town itself, along the Renigunta road,\u201d a TTD official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/ttd-and-other-temple-guest-houses-andhra-turned-quarantine-centres-122066\">said.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The temple EO said that the guest house, called Ganesh Sadan, has its entrance designed to look like that of a temple, but is actually located around 500 metres away from the actual temple premises. \u201cThe temple has been closed for visitors ever since the state government announced lockdown. Only a few rituals are taking place inside,\u201d Devullu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/ttd-and-other-temple-guest-houses-andhra-turned-quarantine-centres-122066\">said.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Srikalahasteeswara temple in Srikalahasti town has also prepared its 32-room guest house to be used for quarantine purposes. \u201cEarlier, eight people had been brought in, but as the number increased, they were shifted to state tourism department facilities. If the tourism department guest house is filled up, people will be accommodated at the temple guest house,\u201d Srikalahasti Mandal Revenue Officer Zareena <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewsminute.com\/article\/ttd-and-other-temple-guest-houses-andhra-turned-quarantine-centres-122066\">said.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-very-light-gray-background-color\">Image Source: Newsminute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three guest houses within the town, run by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) trust, are already being used by the district administration to accommodate homeless persons and stranded migrant workers, Newsminute has reported. District officials in Chittoor have converted temple guest houses into quarantine centres, where contacts of COVID-19 patients are being isolated and monitored. 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