The Tirumala Tirupathi Padhayathirai Trust, known amongst devotees and public as TTP Trust was formed in the year 2013. With a vision to unite all devotees, S.L Sriram the founder, C.V. Ganesh and R Dhananjayan are Trustee’s and with other respectively Trustee’s and had registered the trust under The Indian Trust Act 1882. The Mission of the trust is to serve all devotees and needy in different ways as possible.
The trust currently encompasses 250 active members and minimum 200 devotees who take part in the Padhayathirai from Chennai to Tirumala thru out every year. The trust has also started to construct the Annadhanam Chatiram near Narayanavanam [Puttur] Sir Venkataswara Kalayana Perumal Koil to provided food daily who are coming by the Pathayarathi daily. The trust has been explaining at rapid pace with members joining having understood the true indent of its existence and purpose.
Visualize how the members of Trust are being blessed by Lord Venkatesawara when they initialized to pathyatra from West Mambalam to Tirumala, covering more than 150 kilometers in 5 days walk. There is no doubt, Lord Venkateshwara devoted to yathiris and leading them in all aspects.
Mr.S.L.Sriram says with the blessings of Lord Venkateswara and Thaayar, humanitarians, philanthropist and devotees are contributing every year to meet expenses for providing food, shelter and other amenities for the yathiris. No money is being collected from the yathiris. The only appeal from the trust to yathiris is requested them to chant ‘Namavalli of Om Namo Narayanaya’ which is enough to run the show, he adds.
Devotees put garland on Sept 1 under the blessing of ‘Gurusamy’, they will be advised to follow rituals daily to regularize deportment during the period of yathra. It will help them surrender to lord and also gain stamina during the walk. The five days walks starts from Sri Sathyanarayana Temple covering about 25 kms by stopping for tea/coffee, breakfast and lunch in scheduled place. The dinner will be provided at night halt venue and from the same spot devotees will be start their next day in early hours in the morning. The team well experienced of catering, travel along with us and prepare food before our arrivals at venue on all the days throughout yathra.
Yathiris, have darshan of Thaayar and Venkateshwara on the 5th day of yathra. There will be bhajans on the ‘Madaveethi’s’ on Tirumala’.
Trust volunteers are partitioned to take care to yathiris, they will lead and assist the yathiris to take care of their needs. The route map and program scheduled leaflet will be given to all the participants and they can contact any time trust members through respective contact numbers.
After the completing yathra, Trust will be organize Kalayana utsavam for Lord Venkateshwara and Thaayar in a common place in West Mambalam or nearby area to show the gratitude to lord for blessing all the devotees during yathra tenure and to give opportunity for next Pathayatra.