The temple of Lord Venkateswara here will remain closed for more than nine hours because of lunar eclipse on July 27.
As per the temple’s almanac, the eclipse is scheduled to commence at 11.54 p.m. on July 27 and last till 03.49 a.m. the following day. As is the convention, the TTD has resolved to close the temple six hours in advance.
With this, the main doors of the temple will be closed at 5 p.m. on July 27 and reopened only at 4.15 a.m. on July 28 after observing certain rituals such as ‘suddhi’ and ‘punyavachanam’.
The management has dispensed with all day-time rituals usually performed inside the temple on the day of the eclipse, and also decided to perform all pre-dawn rituals in ‘ekantham’ on July 28.
The monthly ‘Punnami Garuda Seva’ on July 27 was also cancelled.