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Tirupati Balaji : Udayastanam

Sharing my Tirupati Darshan experience on Amavasya.  Udayastanam Darshan: You can be a part of all Pujas from sunrise to sunset. You get to sit and be a part of the Puja closely get to see Balaji. Each Puja lasts for 40 min or so. There are 6-7 such Pujas.  Is this booking online? No.  This booking is done 30 years ago with a donation amount of ₹1 crore by the bhakt donor. Every day only 6 donors are allowed. Your day is fixed once a year when you give the donation. Each donor can go in with total of six people n children under 10 years. So total of 36 people allowed for this Darshan every day. This is booked from years. Now the 30 years is getting over. New Darshan for Udayastanam is for 1 crore donation but for 20 years only. For 1.5 crore it is for Friday Udayastanam as Friday is Vishnu s day.  What kind of people were there for the Darshan? Normal people like you n me . South Indian NRIs from Hyderabad n Bengaluru. They come to India once a year for this Darshan only. One family lo