Andhra's Tirumala temple board to appoint Dalits as priests 
Andhra Pradesh's Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has announced plans to appoint members of Dalit, SC, ST, and fishermen communities as priests. They will be accommodated in 500 temples being built in various Dalit colonies, tribal areas, and fishermen villages where Brahmin priests are not available, TTD spokesperson T Ravi said. The board is also training 200 people to be priests.