A salveraj reports;: CHENNAI: It can't get nobler than this. Thirty-five visually challenged people from Bengaluru had a 'darshan' of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala on Saturday, a volunteer helping each of them climb the hills by foot...The trip was organised by Chennai resident Satish Palani, a 26-year-old who has been working as a scribe for visually challenged students...The team members arrived at Tirupati by train from Bengaluru on Friday evening and took a small nap before beginning the climb to Tirumala. "Three of them struggled to walk the steps, so we provided them vehicle assistance. We reached the temple early on Saturday.," said Satish. He conveyed special thanks, on behalf of the team members, to officials of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which manages the popular temple in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, for helping make the trip successful. During the climb as well as in the sanctum sanctorum, each volunteer explained in detail the things around them to help them get a feel, Satish said. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/35-blind-people-from-bengaluru-get-darshan-at-tirumala/articleshow/59091064.cms leisure. Tears rolled down the cheeks of many of them who described the experience as 'divya darshan', he said...Explaining how the trip came about, Satish said: "During one of my visits to an old age home in Whitefield, Bengaluru to repair chairs and tables, apart from assisting them, a couple of my visually challenged friends conveyed their grievance. They said they wished to visit Tirupati for 'divya darshan'. I thought of it and decided to make plans to take them to the temple town." ..But, when he conveyed the idea, they appeared to be sceptical, he said. "Then I revealed my plan of every member of the team being assisted by a volunteer throughout the trip. This appealed to them and they agreed. When I approached my friends, they too readily accepted. A few of them, however, continued to doubt if the tour would happen," said Satish, who had worked as a counsellor at a firm in Bengaluru. "Now, we have achieved it," he said...The team, which includes 18 women, is set to visit Talakona waterfalls in Sri Venkateshwara National Park near Chittoor before returning to Bengaluru by train on Sunday evening, Satish said. One of the team members, 24-year-old Srinath, works for software firm Cisco in Bengaluru, he said..
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