Founder

Dr. Venu Chukkala

The miraculous story behind this initiate dates back to the year 1996, when Mr. Venu Chukkala, in early hours of a Saturday morning felt the strong awning presence of Lord Sri Venkateshwara in his dream and set one for his first padayatra (Journey on foot) to Tirumala.
His experiences during his walking expedition to Tirumala made him come back 9 consecutive times in years to come, every time with a magnetic conviction to comeback. Inspired by our beloved president Late Mr. Shankar Dayal Sarma, who climbed the seven hills 108 times to have a Darshan, he started his “ Ahtothara shatha (108) ” yatra since then..

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The miraculous story behind this initiate dates back to the year 1996, when Mr. Venu Chukkala, in early hours of a Saturday morning felt the strong awning presence of Lord Sri Venkateshwara in his dream and set one for his first padayatra (Journey on foot) to Tirumala. His experiences during his walking expedition to Tirumala made him come back 9 consecutive times in years to come, every time with a magnetic conviction to comeback. Inspired by our beloved president Late Mr. Shankar Dayal Sarma, who climbed the seven hills 108 times to have a Darshan, he started his “ Ahtothara shatha (108) ” yatra since then.
His unflinching faith in coming back every month acquainted him with all the Pradhana Archaka Swamies like Shri Kesari Swamy, Shri Narsimha Deekshithulu, Shri Ramana Deekshithulu whose blessing coupled with His grace enabled him to successfully complete 108 times and is now continuing it to make it 1008.
With divine blessings of Dr. K.V. Ramana Chari, Ex. EO TTD and present Telangana State Honorable Advisory Board Chairman and Shri Daivagna Sharma, the Sarswathi Upasaka, Ashtothara Shatha Chukkala’s Charitable Trust thus started.
On his 39th Birthday Sep 13th 2014, Mr. Venu Kumar Chukkala with 39 devotees of Lord Venkateshwara, bearing all the expenses of devotees, completed the darshan of both Tirumala and Tirupathi. The trip was totally a spiritual experience under the guidance of Shri Daivagna Sharma who inaugurated the program.
Again on October 6th, Second set of 33 financially backward devotees had visited Tirupathi experiencing the divine grace of the Lord throughout the journey (again all expenses completely borne by the Trust).

Sopana Pada yathras
till now- 368/1008
to Tirumala Tirupathi

  1. 309 times to Tirumala through Srivari Metlu
  2. 59 times to Tirumala through Alipiri

S.No

Date of Padha Yatra

1

1996

2

1997

3

1998

4

1999

5

2000

6

2001

7

2001

8

2002

9

13-01-2003

10

22-05-2003

11

2003

12

2004

13

2004

14

2005

15

16.10.05

16

 08.01.06

17

 01.03.06

18

03.04.06

19

03.06.06

20

 17.07.06

21

29.08.06

22

 27.09.06

23

30.10.06

24

27.11.06

25

 30.12.06

26

22.01.07

27

22.02.07

28

 26.03.07

29

25.04.07

30

23.05.07

31

21.06.07

32

24.07.07

33

29.08.07

34

12.09.07

35

 24.10.07

36

 19.11.07

37

 19.12.07

38

 21.01.08

39

 13.02.08

40

19.02.08

41

23.03.08

42

25.04.08

43

23.05.08

44

28.06.08

45

29.07.08

46

30.08.08

47

03.10.08

48

29.04.09

49

 25.05.09

50

24.06.09

51

 29.07.09

52

31.08.09

53

23.09.09

54

27.10.09

55

12.11.09

56

27.12.09

57

 29.01.10

58

 24.02.10

59

28.03.10

60

28.04.10

61

26.05.10

62

30.06.10

63

 28.07.10

64

 25.08.10

65

23.09.10

66

15.10.10

67

 24.11.10

68

 10.12.10

69

16.12.10

70

 27.01.11

71

 23.02.11

72

 21.03.11

73

 30.04.11

74

31.05.11

75

 06.06.11

76

 02.07.11

77

28.07.11

78

18.08.11

79

21.09.11

80

22.10.11

81

30.11.11

82

 28.12.11

83

 04.01.12

84

23.02.12

85

 28.03.12

86

30.04.12

87

29.05.12

88

13.06.12

89

27.07.12

90

28.08.12

91

 25.09.17

92

 19.10.12

93

 26.11.12

94

22.12.12

95

20.01.13

96

12.02.13

97

29.03.13

98

29.04.13

99

28.05.13

100

15.06.13

101

 22.07.13

102

 21.08.13

103

30.08.13

104

03.09.13

105

19.09.13

106

 09.10.13

107

 27.10.13

108

 07-11-2013

109

17-11-2013

110

02-12-2013

111

10-01-2014

112

16-01-2014

113

14-02-2014

114

11-03-2014

115

16-03-2014

116

15-04-2014

117

04-05-2014

118

14-05-2014

119

13-06-2014

120

12-07-2014

121

13-07-2014

122

10-08-2014

123

11-08-2014

124

09-09-2014

125

10-09-2014

126

13-09-2014

127

07-10-2014

128

07-11-2014

129

22-11-2014

130

23-11-2014

131

06-12-2014

132

07-12-2014

133

31-12-2014

134

05-01-2015

135

03-02-2015

136

04-02-2015

137

26-02-2015

138

05-03-2015

139

06-03-2015

140

20-03-2015

141

21-03-2015

142

03-04-2015

143

26-04-2015

144

27-04-2015

145

04-05-2015

146

02-06-2015

147

24-06-2015

148

25-06-2015

149

02-07-2015

150

03-07-2015

151

31-07-2015

152

01-08-2015

153

30-08-2015

154

31-08-2015

155

01-09-2015

156

23-09-2015

157

28-09-2015

158

12-10-2015

159

18-10-2015

160

27-10-2025

161

24-11-2015

162

20-12-2015

163

25-12-2015

164

24-01-2016

165

25-01-2016

166

22-02-2016

167

23-02-2016

168

23-03-2016

169

22-04-2016

170

23-04-2016

171

20-05-2016

172

11-06-2016

173

20-06-2016

174

19-07-2016

175

07-08-2016

176

18-08-2016

177

19-08-2016

178

16-09-2016

179

17-09-2016

180

08-10-2016

181

14-11-2016

182

15-11-2016

183

13-12-2016

184

14-12-2016

185

07-01-2017

186

12-01-2017

187

10-02-2017

188

11-02-2017

189

12-03-2017

190

13-03-2017

191

11-04-2017

192

10-05-2017

193

09-06-2017

194

20-06-2017

195

09-07-2017

196

26-07-2017

197

07-08-2017

198

06-09-2017

199

07-09-2017

200

12-09-2017

201

05-10-2017

202

04-11-2017

203

05-11-2017

204

14-11-2017

205

03-12-2017

206

04-12-2017

207

28-12-2017

208

02-01-2018

209

03-01-2018

210

31-01-2018

211

01-02-2018

212

02-03-2018

213

03-03-2018

214

31-03-2018

215

01-04-2018

216

24-04-2018

217

29-04-2018

218

30-04-2018

219

29-05-2018

220

30-05-2018

221

05-06-2018

222

20-06-2018

223

21-06-2018

224

28-06-2018

225

29-06-2018

226

27-07-2018

227

28-07-2018

228

26-08-2018

229

27-08-2018

230

11-09-2018

231

25-09-2018

232

14-10-2018

233

24-10-2018

234

12-11-2018

235

17-12-2018

236

22-12-2018

237

23-12-2018

238

21-01-2019

239

22-01-2019

240

19-02-2019

241

21-03-2019

242

22-03-2019

243

24-03-2019

244

19-04-2019

245

18-05-2019

246

09-06-2019

247

17-06-2019

248

18-06-2019

249

16-07-2019

250

15-08-2019

251

16-08-2019

252

14-09-2019

253

23-09-2019

254

04-10-2019

255

13-10-2019

256

13-11-2019

257

12-12-2019

258

13-12-2019

259

05-01-2020

260

10-01-2020

261

08-02-2020

262

12-02-2020

263

03-08-2020

264

02-09-2020

265

01-10-2020

266

02-10-2020

267

20-10-2020

268

31-10-2020

269

19-11-2020

270

30-12-2020

271

28-01-2021

272

29-01-2021

273

27-02-2021

274

28-02-2021

275

28-03-2021

276

29-03-2021

277

27-04-2021

278

28-04-2021

279

10-06-2021

280

11-06-2021

281

09-07-2021

282

24-07-2021

283

25-07-2021

284

22-08-2021

285

23-08-2021

286

20-09-2021

287

11-10-2021

288

20-10-2021

289

21-10-2021

290

19-12-2021

291

20-12-2021

292

12-01-2022

293

15-01-2022

294

07-03-2022

295

18-03-2022

296

17-04-2022

297

16-05-2022

298

14-06-2022

299

13-07-2022

300

08-11-2022

301

08-12-2022

302

06-01-2023

303

02-02-2023

304

05-02-2023

305

20-02-2023

306

06-03-2023

307

07-04-2023

308

08-04-2023

309

06-05-2023

310

07-05-2023

311

04-06-2023

312

05-06-2023

313

03-07-2023

314

01-08-2023

315

02-08-2023

316

31-08-2023

317

29-09-2023

318

30-09-2023

319

19-10-2023

320

20-08-2023

321

21-08-2023

322

27-11-2023

323

28-11-2023

324

12-12-2023

325

23-12-2023

326

26-12-2023

327

27-12-2023

328

08-01-2024

329

25-01-2024

330

26-01-2024

331

24-02-2024

332

25-02-2024

333

19-03-2024

334

25-03-2024

335

26-03-2024

336

23-04-2024

337

24-04-2024

338

23-05-2024

339

24-05-2024

340

22-06-2024

341

23-06-2024

342

21-07-2024

343

22-07-2024

344

19-08-2024

345

18-09-2024

346

19-09-2024

347

08-10-2024

348

17-10-2024

349

15-11-2024

350

27-11-2024

351

15-12-2024

352

10-01-2025

353

11-01-2025

354

13-01-2025

355

12-02-2025

356

13-02-2025

357

14-03-2025

358

15-03-2025

359

12-04-2025

360

13-04-2025

361

12-05-2025

362

11-06-2025

363

10-07-2025

364

11-07-2025

365

26-07-2025

366

09-08-2025

367

10-08-2025

368

25-08-2025