TTD money deposits in banks crosses Rs 12,000 crore mark

Tirupati, Apr 24 The fixed deposits put in several banks by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), that oversees the well known slope place of worship of Lord Venkateswara at close-by Tirumala, has crossed Rs 12,000 crore mark, a temple official said.

The stores made with a few nationalized and private banks by TTD has crossed the Rs 12,000 crore mark with a yearly evaluated enthusiasm of about Rs 845 crore.
The temple official said the more than 2000-year-old Lord Venkateswara sanctuary was becoming more extravagant continuously with a yearly salary of about Rs 31 billion with the fan footfall of around 25 million from everywhere throughout the world.

TTD has about 8.7 tonnes of pure gold, other than almost 550 kg of gold gems set with stones offered by aficionados in the Hundi at the slope holy place, he said

The gold gems would likewise be changed over into unadulterated gold at some point or another, the authority said.

Of the all out 8.7 huge amounts of gold, 1,938 kg is with the Indian Overseas Bank as stores and 5,387 kg with the State Bank of India, while 1,381 kg returned to the TTD treasury as of late from the Punjab National Bank after the finish of the store time frame.

The main deity of Lord Venkateswara and its related hundreds of years old processional icons at the hill temple have an extensive number of collectible and exceedingly important adornments that would everlastingly stay at the place of worship itself, the authority included.