Tirupati's AI-Powered Control Centre Aims To Prevent Stampedes, Enhance Safety

The Chandrababu Naidu government in Andhra Pradesh has launched India’s first AI-powered pilgrim Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirumala, nine months after a stampede killed six and injured over 40 people, reported The Indian Express.

Naidu said the ICCC aims “to deliver real-time crowd prediction, faster clearance of queues of devotees, enhanced safety, and cyber threat monitoring across Tirumala.”

The facility, funded by NRIs under a pro bono public-private model and powered by Silicon Valley’s Kloudspot Inc, integrates over 6,000 AI-enabled cameras, advanced 3D situational maps, and live dashboards monitored by a dedicated technical team.

The system processes 360,000 payloads per minute, analyses 518 million events, and generates 2.5 billion inferences daily.

It predicts crowd flows, estimates wait times for “sarva darshanam,” visualises congestion in 3D, and supports rapid incident response.

Officials say the ICCC will help prevent untoward incidents, ensure pilgrim safety, and unify physical and cyber operations.

“The first temple ecosystem to unify physical and cyber operations, Tirumala’s ICCC sets a new standard for smart, secure, and spiritually centered service,” an official was quoted as saying by IE.

Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan and CM Naidu also inaugurated the multi-storey Pilgrims Amenities Complex-5 (‘Venkatadri Nilayam’) with 16 dormitories, modern facilities, and capacity for 4,000 devotees free of cost. Naidu announced plans to raise darshan capacity from 4,500 to 5,500 per hour to shorten waiting times.

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