The TTD – Thirumala Thirupathi Devasthanam, a holy Indian shrine in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India was established in 1932.Administration of the temple was vested to a committee of seven members and overseen by a paid commissioner as appointed by the Madras(the erstwhile capital of the state of tamil nadu) Government. Advising the committee were 2 advisory councils - one comprising of priests and temple administrators to aid the committee with the operations of the Tirumala temple and another comprising of farmers for advise on Tirumala's land and estate transactions. The temple is said to be richest in the country and lord venkateshwara who resides in this holy shrine receives approximately a crore each day. The first gift to the temple was a surprise one – Sanjay Gandhi who led the Maruthi Udyog , a leading car manufacturer in India gifted the company’s first release of a model called Maruthi 800.
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