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The Hindu
25-06-2025
- The Hindu
Srikalahasti MLA requests Google official for AI-based services at temple to reduce waiting time for devotees
Srikalahasti MLA Bojjala Venkata Sudheer Reddy has requested Google to consider providing Artificial Intelligence-based services to the devotees visiting Srikalahastheeswara Swamy temple at Srikalahasti town of Tirupati district. The appeal was made to Google vice-president Chandu Thota, who visited the famous temple here on Wednesday to offer prayers. The temple is revered as 'Dakshina Kashi' and is famous for the 'Rahu Ketu Puja', a ritual meant to ward off the evil effects of the mythological serpents that is believed to bring fortune. The request appears similar to the proposal contemplated by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to provide AI-based services at Tirumala Sri Venkateswara temple to manage the huge inflow of devotees by reducing the waiting time. The idea is to deploy special cameras and use AI tools to recognise the visiting devotees to reduce their waiting time by factoring in various parameters. The system will calculate the darshan time based on the various queue lines running parallel, the point where they merge into one etc., to arrive at the revised darshan time. Mr. Sudheer Reddy appealed to Mr. Chandu Thota to work out a system to implement the same first at Srikalahasti on a pilot basis, so as to replicate it in other temples.
Hans India
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar Visits Telangana's Sole Shakti Peeth in Alampur, Receives Grand Welcome.
Gadwal: Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Sri Gaddam Prasad Kumar visited the renowned Sri Jogulamba Bala Brahmeshwara Swamy Temple in Alampur, a spiritual hub popularly known as Dakshina Kashi (Kashi of the South). This temple holds immense significance as it is the fifth among the 18 Maha Shakti Peethas and the only Shakti Peeth in Telangana. Upon his arrival, the Hon'ble Speaker was extended a grand welcome at the Haritha Hotel in Alampur by District Collector B.M. Santosh, District Superintendent of Police Sri T. Srinivasa Rao, and Alampur MLA Sri Vijayudu. The local police presented a formal guard of honor as part of the reception. Accompanied by his family, Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar visited the temple and had darshan of Sri Jogulamba Devi and Lord Bala Brahmeshwara Swamy. The temple priests welcomed the dignitaries with a traditional Poornakumbha ritual and later conducted special prayers and pujas for the visiting guests. After participating in the rituals and receiving Teertha Prasadam, the Speaker and his family departed for Hyderabad. The visit was also attended by: Temple Chairman B. Nageshwar Reddy Executive Officer Sri Purander Trustees Smt. Naga Shiromani Local leaders and activists from the Congress and BRS (TRS) parties. The event was a part of the broader initiative to highlight Alampur's spiritual significance and promote it as a major destination under Telangana's religious and heritage tourism circuit.
