Sunday opens Srivari Pavitrotsavam at Tirumala. Three days of purification, and a list of paid sevas that will not be done.

Sunday is Pavitra Pratista. The thread is for forgiveness of lapses the shrine itself names.

Annual Srivari Pavitrotsavams at Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple, Tirumala, run from 23 to 25 August 2026. Ankurarpanam was on 22 August. Sunday, 23 August, is Pavitra Pratista. Monday, 24 August, is Pavitra Samarpana. Tuesday, 25 August, is Pavitra Purnahuti. Those three core dates are the lock. This cutting is live today and stays on tomorrow’s paper.

The Agama frame on the public card is narrow. The rite seeks forgiveness for inadvertent lapses in daily rituals, sevas and festivals by devotees or staff, so the shrine’s sanctity is kept. Forgiveness is the purpose named by the temple board. This desk will not invent a scandal, a named lapse, or a priest under inquiry. None of those sit on this card.

Pavitrotsavams were observed in Tirumala in the 15th and 16th centuries, on the historical note the board put out. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams revived the festival in 1962. Revival is 1962. History is earlier. They are two sentences, not one invented continuous calendar.

Each of the three days carries Snapana Tirumanjanam for the processional deities at Sampangi Prakaram, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Evenings bring Sri Malayappa Swamy with Sridevi and Bhudevi in procession on the four Mada Streets. Nine to eleven is the morning bath window. The four Mada Streets are the evening route. This desk will not invent a crowd figure, a queue length, or a cancelled darshan slot that is not listed.

What is listed is the seva cancellation sheet. Sahasra Deepalankara Seva was cancelled on 22 August because of Ankurarpanam. Kalyanotsavam, Unjal Seva, Arjitha Brahmotsavam and Sahasra Deepalankara Seva are cancelled on 23, 24 and 25 August. Ashtadala Padapadmaradhana Seva is cancelled on 25 August. Kalyanotsavam is also cancelled on 26 August. Those cancellations are the devotee’s practical file. A pilgrim who booked an arjitha seva in that window needs the list, not a sermon.

Tirumala is the hill. Tirupati district holds it. The board is Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. Processional deities named are Sri Malayappa Swamy with Sridevi and Bhudevi. This desk will not invent a VIP list, a helicopter arrival, or a donation total. Those extras are not on the card.

The honest picture is Ankurarpanam on 22 August, Pavitrotsavam from 23 to 25 August, Pavitra Pratista on Sunday, Snapana Tirumanjanam from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. daily, evening Mada Street processions, a 1962 revival after 15th- and 16th-century observances, and a published cancellation list that runs through 26 August for Kalyanotsavam. Until the three days close, Tirumala’s public interest is the purification calendar and the sevas that will not be performed. It is not a headcount.