Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad

Soon VIP darshan system at India’s famous Tirupati Devasthanam will be stopped if a proposal passed by its governing board is cleared by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister. The temple is the richest in the country as it receives donations of billions of rupees every year.

The system of separate arrangements for darshans for VIPs is known as break darshans and it is accommodate politicians, businessmen, industrialists and other high profile visitors. Initially break darshan used to be for six hours. It has now been reduced to one hour. On weekends there is no break darshan as the temple has huge crowds.

Daily over 50,000 people visit the temple and there are times when devotees wait for more than 24 hours for darshan.

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