Athi Varadar Free Darshan
Athi Varadar Darshan
In a 48 day long event at Kanchipuram devotees are lined up in lakhs to have glimpse of Lord Sri Athi Varadarajar for past one month starting from 1st of July 2019, who has been raised from the temple tank which also called as Ananta Saras. The devotees are visiting the temple more than anticipated and the temple is experiencing a footfall of more than 1 lakh devotees per day.
The authorities have introduced many types of Darshan like Rs. 500 Darshan, Rs. 300 Darshan, Rs. 50 Darshan, Senior and Infant Citizen Darshan. Even after introducing these many types of Darshan also the temple and state authorities was unable to control the crowd and there are lot mishaps which are going in the temple. The pilgrims are thronging the places with out any pre-planning or knowledge of the Darshan types and also the time for Darshan.
To make sure pilgrims who has not booked any tickets online, the temple authorities has made sure, the tickets can also be booked on the spot at the temple. Along with the paid tickets, the temple authorities has also enabled the Free Darshan for the pilgrims to have Darshan of Athi Varadar.
Athi Varadar Free Darshan Timings
The timings of the free Darshan of Athi Varadar is from Morning 04.30 AM to 10 PM in the evening. Pilgrims start to wait before the temple from 3 AM itself. By 10 PM the Darshan will be closed for the pilgrims. The Pilgrims who want to avail the Free Darshan can avail the Darshan by entering the Free Darshan ques near the East Gopuram.
Athi Varadar Free Darshan Waiting Time
The Free Darshan of Athi Varadar takes 5-10 hours based on the crowd. The pilgrims has to wait in the ques for the Darshan of the Athi Varadar and it is highly suggested to be prepared for long waiting time and ques for the Darshan of Athi Varadar through the Free Darshan at Kanchipuram.