TTD single day collection

Tirupati, March 28: The Hundi of Tirumala Tirupati Lord Venkateshwara has created a record collection of new currency notes after the demonetization in Tirupati On Monday.It was the first time to collect huge collection nearly Rs.5 crores in a single day.The offering box at the hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara in Tirupati on Monday netted cash offerings to the tune of Rs 4.75 crore in new notes, the highest single day collection post demonetisation.Since the announcement of demonetization scheme, every day the hundi had collected between Rs 2.5 and Rs 3 crore, besides offerings in gold and silver, from thousands of devotees across the country, who are undeterred by demonetization.The temple sources also said that the day s collection surprised the temple staff when they emptied the seven-foot high hundi for counting as a single offering of over Rs 1 crore was found in a bag along with other cash and precious offerings, the sources said.In April 2012, on the auspicious ‘Sri Rama Navami day, the hundi had received the biggest single day cash offerings of Rs 5.73 crore.It was the highest collection ever in the hill shrine s history, besides other precious offerings, they added.Tirumala Tirupati Devasthan (TTD) ha Rs.12.7 crores of demonetized money till now.TTD did n t take any decision about these notes.It has to wait for the RBI and central govt decision, TTD EO Sambhashiva Rao added.