With parallels being drawn with the Tablighi Jamaat conference in Delhi, the TTD is getting its own share of opprobrium in social media. But the TTD administration seems to be undecided on closing the temple, though reports about the idea being mulled are floating around.

https://thewire.in/rights/after-former-head-priest-dies-due-to-covid-19-tirumala-temple-under-pressure-to-close

For long, B. Kista had wanted to try his luck with cultivating fruits. “There is no way I could clear my debts with wages from farm labour,” he says. Last year, he finally took the plunge – and leased four acres of land. “I paid Rs. 20,000 per acre as [annual] tenancy on four acres,” says Kista, who lives in Bodiganidoddi village. “I started farming, hoping to repay loans taken over the last three years for the marriages of my daughter and son.”

https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/locked-down-ap-farmers-going-bananas/