Tirupati, Aug 2, 2017: In light of the impending Lunar eclipse on August 8, the temple of Lord Venkateswara in Tirupati will remain closed. The doors of the main temple will be closed at 4.30 p.m. on August 7 and will be opened at 2 a.m on this particular day, said the officials.

According to Hindu calendar, the lunar eclipse will begin at 10.52 p.m. on August 7 and last till 12.48 a.m. the subsequent day. The temple will be closed up to six hours ahead of the initiation of the eclipse.

Soon after the conclusion of the eclipse, special rituals such as suddhi and punyavachanam will be celebrated inside the temple. However, there will be no variation in the timings of the pre-dawn rituals which shall be observed in 'Ekantham' along with the weekly Asta dala Pada Padmaradhana seva, mentioned The Hindu report.

The general public will be allowed for the darshan only at 7 a.m. on August 8.

– prepared by Naina Mishra of Newsgram. Twitter @Nainamishr94