Chakrasnanam organised in connection with the Vaikunta Dwadasi on Tuesday at Tirumala
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Thousands of devotees took a holy dip in the Pushkarini (water tank) situated adjacent to the main temple in connection with Vaikunta Dwadasi Chakrasnanam here on Tuesday.
Soon after the completion of the pre-dawn rituals and other temple formalities, the idol of Lord Chakrathalwar was carried in a grand procession to the temple of Lord Bhu Varaha Swamy where the priests observed the customary ritual.
Devotees, who had already congregated on the steps of the tank, waited for the moment and took a bath as soon as the idol was immersed in the tank.
There was no respite in the visiting devotees who thronged the town for the Vaikunta dwara darshan for the second consecutive day.
Meanwhile, the offline tokens for Vaikunta dwara darshan, which were being made available at 50,000 a day at TTD counters in Tirupati, remained exhausted till January 6 and tokens for the following day issued. Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan worshipped the deity along with her entourage.s