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TIRUMALA, INDIA, January 18, 2003: Thousands of pilgrims returned home recently without darshan of Lord Venkateswara, because the waiting time for the Sudarshan tickets exceeded 50 hours. Although the Tirumala-Tirupathi Devasthanams had geared to meet the rush of Ayyappa devotees, the arrangements fell into disarray. Angry devotees raised slogans against the TTD management and the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister. Thousands of pilgrims, particularly those who had bought the special tickets, were upset at the long waiting hours and wanted to collect the laddus provided free with the tickets.

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