![]() His mortal remains are being shifted to Tirupati where his final rites will be performed. ![]() TTD sources said Dollar Seshadri had gone to Visakhapatnam to attend Karthika Deepotsavam festivities. During his several interactions with journalists and TTD officials in the past, Dollar Seshadri Swamy always used to state that his only wish was to serve the almighty till his last breath and he lived his life that way till his death this morning. ![]() Though, he was forced to quit and stay away from the Tirumala temple for a while after the gold dollars scam rocked the TTD, he rejoined the shrine after the local court acquitted him in the case and he went on to serve the almighty till his last breath despite being troubled by several health issues. For his key role in the transition-abolition of the hereditary archakas-potu mirasis systems at the Tirumala temple which were abolished by the Andhra Pradesh government in 1996 after a prolonged legal battle, Seshadri emerged as the face of the richest Hindu temple in the country as far as all the religious festivities were concerned. Dollar Seshadri, who joined the TTD in 1978, continued to serve the temple body as an OSD post his retirement in 2007. TIRUPATI: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams ( TTD) officer on special duty (OSD) Dollar Seshadri died of cardiac arrest at the age of 74 in Visakhapatnam early Monday morning.
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