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<\/p>\nA devotee poses before the Tirupati temple. AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The management has taken a firm decision not to consider recommendation letters issued by VIPs for darshan<\/em> and\u00a0other facilities, including accommodations to their near and dear ones visiting the hills on all Fridays, Saturdays and\u00a0Sundays in the summer months of April, May and June, temple\u00a0sources told PTI<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, only protocol VIPs would be given priority in\u00a0getting accommodation and special entry tickets for darshan on\u00a0payment, executive officer of TTD, D Sambasiva Rao said.<\/p>\n TTD took the decision keeping in view the heavy flow of pilgrims during the ensuing summer vacation from April onwards and to enable more number of common pilgrims to have darshan. According to The Hindu<\/em><\/a>, the decision will be in force for 10 weeks from 7 April.<\/p>\n The TTD has classified the VIP darshan into three categories.\u00a0List-1 tickets are issued to the VIPs who come in person, List-2 for their kith and kin and List-3 for those with recommendation letters, The Hindu<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n There will be no discrimination of any kind between the List-2 and List-3 VIP darshan formats on the weekdays during the period, according to The Hindu.<\/i><\/p>\n