Causes inconvenience to devotees

On other hand, The hill station of Tirumala received a record rainfall of 70 mm in just one hour, on Wednesday. This was in addition to the 26 mm rainfall already recorded for the day.

The cloudburst sent storm water swirling into the temple of Lord Venkateswara, besides flooding the cellar compartments in the Vaikuntham Queue Complex, where pilgrims wait for their turn to have darshan.

With storm water flooding the temple and the queue complex, eye witness accounts said that, pilgrims had to wade through about 2 feet water with their kids either in their arms or over their shoulders while darshan remained reportedly disrupted for nearly 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, TTD authorities had to press into service fire brigade to pump out water, which reportedly inundated few areas inside the hill temple.

Published Date : Thursday, NOV 04, 02:51PM IST

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