Hyderabad, March 1 -- The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which manages the Lord Venkateshwara temple on Tirumala hills in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati district, approved its annual budget for 2026-27 with an estimated revenue of Rs.5,456.26 crore, chairman B R Naidu said on Saturday.

Speaking to reporters after the board meeting at Annamayya Bhavan, he said the TTD was expecting Rs.1,880 crore from hundi collections, Rs.1,205 crore from interest on bank deposits, Rs.650 crore from prasadam sales, Rs.310 crore from darshan ticket sales, Rs.135 crore from service ticket sales and Rs.175 crore from hair tonsuring sales.

Key expenditure heads include: Rs.1,859 crore towards employees' salaries and allowances, Rs.974 crore for raw materi...