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| Pakistani Hindus in Tirumala. Photo: K Radha Krishna |
Tirupati : About three hundred Hindu devotees visited Tirupati and offered prayers at Tirumala temple on Friday. All the devotees came from Sindh province in Pakisthan who were lodged at Vishnu Nivasam, TTD’s pilgrim cottage complex near railway station here amidst heavy security.
Speaking to ‘The Hans India’, Mr. Ram Kishan, resident of
Sindh Province, Pakistan, said that every year they are coming to Tirumala
temple since 1978 and this year they came altogether 300. He thanked the local
police for providing full security to all of them. He also thanked the district
administration for making their accommodation arrangements. They arrived at
Tirupati on Friday morning and after small break and brief rest at Vishnu
Nivasam, they went to Tirumala by four buses amidst the police escort.
The local police arranged special security to all the
Pakistani devotees, by deploying six to eight armed policemen in each escort
vehicle. Four buses were allotted an armed escort vehicle each. Mr. Ram Kishan
said that they have an ashram, ‘Jai Shada Ram’ in Chattisgarh, it is their
sentiment to visit Tirumala temple along with Amaravathi, Mysore and Bangalore
every year. All the devotees carried ‘Aum’ written saffron flags in their hands.
They were well educated and few spoke in English.
He replied to a query that they were all Hindus, and settled
Indians. Their ancestors were settled in Sindh Provicne, origin is India, he clarified.
Two days ago about 350 foreign devotees came from South Africa and several European
countries visited ISKCON temple and Srivari Temple in Tirumala. It is the turn
of Pakistani resident Indian origin Hindu devotees.
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