DIG Avula Ramesh Reddy recalled his bonding with Dollar Seshadri Swamy and stated that an era at the Tirumala temple has come to an end now. Visakha Saradha peetham seer Swaroopananda Swamy too expressed shock over the sudden demise of Dollar Seshadri Swamy. TTD is making all arrangements for shifting his mortal remains to Tirupati where his final rites will be performed with appropriate honours,' stated YV Subba Reddy. I express my heartfelt condolences to his family for their personal loss.

'It is an irreparable loss to the TTD as Dollar Seshadri Swamy has been rendering invaluable services to the Tirumala temple even after his retirement in 2007 till his last breath. CONDOLENCES POUR IN TTD chairman YV Subba Reddy expressed deep anguish over the sudden demise of Dollar Seshadri. People from different walks of life expressed deep anguish after learning about the sudden demise of Dollar Seshadri Swamy. His mortal remains are being shifted to Tirupati where his final rites will be performed. TTD sources said Dollar Seshadri had gone to Visakhapatnam to attend Karthika Deepotsavam festivities.

During his several interactions with journalists and TTD officials in the past, Dollar Seshadri Swamy always used to state that his only wish was to serve the almighty till his last breath and he lived his life that way till his death this morning. Though, he was forced to quit and stay away from the Tirumala temple for a while after the gold dollars scam rocked the TTD, he rejoined the shrine after the local court acquitted him in the case and he went on to serve the almighty till his last breath despite being troubled by several health issues. For his key role in the transition-abolition of the hereditary archakas-potu mirasis systems at the Tirumala temple which were abolished by the Andhra Pradesh government in 1996 after a prolonged legal battle, Seshadri emerged as the face of the richest Hindu temple in the country as far as all the religious festivities were concerned.

Dollar Seshadri, who joined the TTD in 1978, continued to serve the temple body as an OSD post his retirement in 2007. TIRUPATI: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams ( TTD) officer on special duty (OSD) Dollar Seshadri died of cardiac arrest at the age of 74 in Visakhapatnam early Monday morning.

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