Vijayawada: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) is all set to become the first religious institution in the country to introduce Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) for pilgrim related activities.TTD will introduce facial recognition technology on an experimental basis at Vaikuntham 2 and AMS systems from March 1. The new system is being implemented after TTD identified that a few people were repeatedly procuring tokens, causing inconvenience to other devotees. TTD authorities said the idea is to enhance transparency with regard to token-less darshan and accommodation allotment system, and to provide more effective services to the pilgrims.
According to the TTD sources, some irregularities have been taking place ranging from issuing laddu prasadam to sarva darshanam tokens to allotting accommodation to the devotees. The TTD higher authorities are of hope that introducing the face recognition system may avert the irregularities to a maximum extent.
When it comes to accommodation for the devotees, there are as many as 7,000 accommodation facilities at Tirumala out of which about 5,000 will be allotted to the normal devotees, 1,000 will be reserved and there will be maintenance and renovation work takes place on regular basis at the remaining 1,000 accommodation facilities.
