Taking a bribe or charging a commission in all purchases and sales have become a part of the game both in the private and public sectors not only in India but probably even in other parts of the globe. That explains the reason why even the Tirupati Tirumla Devasthanams are no exception to this rule. The annual income of TTD is supposed to be around Rs. 2,000 crore with a work force of around 10,000 persons in 98 wings of its adminsitration. G. Arun Kumar reports in the Time of India, Chennai that corruption has seeped into its system very badly. He reports that right from the time a pilgrim gets down at Tirupati to catch a bus to the Tirumala hills for a darshan, has his head tonsured, obtains an appointment with the joint executive officer for accommodation, buys laddu prasadam, he has to grease the palms of employees and agents.
Lord Venkateswara's darshan is available to pilgrims with varying amounts of entry fees and depending on the status of a pilgrim. As is true of every other organisation in the country, TTD also is manned by people with varying degrees of demands and greediness. Unless a drastic surgeory takes place under the able leadership of the Chairman and the Chief Executive officer of TTD, nothing will improve there for quite some time.
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