Welcome showers greet devotees ahead of Garuda Seva in Tirupati on Sept. 19

Even as thousands of devotees have converged at the temple city of Tirupati ahead of ‘Garuda Seva’ to be performed on Saturday (September 19, 2026) as part of the ongoing annual Salakatla Brahmotsavams at Tirumala, a sudden downpour brought down the temperature, providing the much-needed succour.

The day was hot and sunny till the afternoon, while a thick blanket of clouds enveloped the city as well as the Tirumala hills in the evening, leading a sudden and incessant downpour.

The pilgrim crowd that reached the Tirupati railway station and the APSRTC central bus station ahead of trekking the hills to watch the celestial spectacle on Saturday (September 19, 2026), thoroughly drenched in the rain.