Om Namo Venkatesaya! Where there is a demand; there starts politics! Tirumala, being a famous temple in the world with 80,000 pilgrims (approx.) visiting per day needs efficient management and skillful brains to facilitate those crowds quickly. It's not an easy task too because, via Vendi Vakili (Silver Entrance), the maximum capacity per hour is 5,000 pilgrims. If we took 16 hours only we can make each 80,000 pilgrims enter the temple but the temple opens only 20 hours and also many rituals have to be done. Vendi Vakili, Tirumala The pilgrims have to wait more than 15 hours in waiting compartments (so-called " Vaikuntam queue complex"). Also, the Devasthanam allows the pilgrims to pre-book their darshan slots which get booked so soon (within a quarter-hour even). The people who missed to book and also the pilgrims who aren't fast enough to book have to wait in line for 15 hours. So, this situation leads to Bribes