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Tirupati Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/tirupati page 1 Varahaswami Temple located on the banks Max: 26.5°C Min: Rain: 15.69999980 5.09999990463256 of Swami Pushkarni and Anjaneyaswami 9265137°C 8mm Tirupati temple, which is a majestic temple built by Mar Situated in the Chittoor district of the Mahant dynasty are also a must visit. Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. Other than the temples, the beautiful city of the Rayalaseema region of India Max: Min: Rain: Tirupati has much more to offer. Do visit the 29.79999923 15.10000038 5.19999980926513 lies the mythical city of Tirupati, 7060547°C 1469727°C 7mm famous Sri Venkateswara National Park, also known as Tirumala and Apr Famous For : City which is a biosphere reserve and a national Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. Tirupati. Being one of the most park. 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Other 30.10000038 15.30000019 131.699996948242 Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen. 1469727°C 0734863°C 2mm temples in Tirupati (Thirupathi) such as Tirupati Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/tirupati page 2 Oct S Mada Street, Tirumala, Tirupati, Pleasant weather. Carry Light woollen, Darshan and Facilities umbrella. Andhra Pradesh 517504, India The Deity Max: Min: Rain: 28.29999923 15.30000019 205.199996948242 The inner temple or vimana houses the 7060547°C 0734863°C 2mm The main deity, Lord Sri Venkateswara, who Nov Tirumala Venkateswara Temple stands directly beneath a gilt dome called Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, Tirupati is the the Ananda Nilaya Divya Vimana. This Around 50,000 pilgrims visit the umbrella. most visited temple by Hindus, along with exquisitely made deity is believed to be self- Tirumala Venkateswara temple everyday, so Max: 26.0°C Min: Rain: 15.19999980 249.100006103515 being the second richest temple in the manifested. Lord Venkateswara bears Sri Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) has 9265137°C 62mm world. Located on the seventh hill of the Lakshmi Devi on his right chest and Sri organised efficient ways to ensure smooth Dec Tirupati hills, it lies on the southern banks of Padmavathi Devi on his left chest. movement of the pilgrims by providing Cold weather. Carry Heavy woollen, Sri Swami Pushkarini. The seven peaks of different kinds of Darshan. The entry for the umbrella. the Tirumala Hills represent the seven Darshan is through Vaikuntam Queue Max: 24.5°C Min: Rain: heads of Adisesha. 13.10000038 116.199996948242 The Legend Complex which is a series of interconnected 1469727°C 19mm halls that leads to the main temple. For Vaishnavites, there is no place in the What To universe equal to The Queue Complex halls are clean, Tirumala Venkateswara Temple Tirupati, spacious and airy and TTD provides a wide Architecture the place Lord Vishnu chose as an range of facilities in the complex. The SEE alternative to Vaikuntha, his heavenly home. various activities of 5 Sights According to a Puranic legend, an angry Tirumala Venkateswara Temple Tirupati Lakshmi once left Vishnu. Unable to find include prasadam, hair tonsuring, hundi, http://www.ixigo.com/places-to-visit-see-in-tirupati-lp-1199851 The her, the grief-struck lord withdrew to an arjitha seva and thulabharam. Festivals like 1 Tirumala Venkateswara Tirumala Venkateswara Temple Tirupati anthill located on this hill. He later married Vaikuntha Ekadasi, Rama Navami, Temple showcases Dravidian styles of architecture, Laxmi's incarnation but, since ‘Lakshmi’ had Brahmotsavam and Janmashtami are with exquisitely-carved doorways, left him, Lord Vishnu had no money for the celebrated with great splendor, with mandapams and shrines. During the rule of wedding and had to borrow from Kuber. thousands and thousands of pilgrims taking Vijayanagar Kingdom, a lot of gold was Devotees making offerings at Tirumala part in the festivities every year. donated to the temple which enabled the believe they are helping the lord repay his Vimana (inner shrine) and the roofing to be debt. According to Hindu Mythology, the plated with gold. The main door is called the Sastras, Puranas, Sthala Mahatyams and Online Booking Padi Kavali Maha Dwara, that features a Alwar hymns unequivocally declare that one quadrangular base. A number of gods like can only attain mukti in the Kali Yuga by You can opt for online booking for darshan Hanuman, Vaishnava, Kevale worshipping Venkata Nayaka or Sri at this famous temple at least 3 days prior Narasimha and Lakshmi Narasimha can also Venkateswara. to the date of visit and maximum 90 days in be seen here. advance, so if you are planning a visit to Tirupati Travel Guide - http://www.ixigo.com/travel-guide/tirupati page 3 here and want to avoid long queues, make located very near to the railway station. It under the control of the Vijayanagara India sure you have advance e-darshan bookings was sanctified by Saint Ramanujacharya in kingdom, it passed through to the hands of at the temple's official website. 1130 AD. The distinct feature of the Golconda sultans, who strengthened the Sri Govindaraja Swamy Temple is the Founded in September 1987 and spread fortifications with rock walls. The fort was imposing Gopuram (elaborately carved over an area of 506 sq km, Sri Venkateswara later taken over by the Marathas, the 2 Sri Govindaraja Swamy entrance gateway) which can be seen from a Zoological Park is unique, as it is a theme Cuddapah Nawabs, Hyder Ali and Tipu Temple distance. Since it is the temple of Lord park based on the characters from Hindu Sultan and then eventually by the British. Balaji’s brother, the festivals celebrated here Mythology and the ancient Indian epics. are similar to the ones celebrated in Lord Maintained by the Andhra Pradesh Forest According to a legend, Gurramkonda Fort Balaji's temple. Development Corporation (APFDC), Sri was called 'Gurramkonda' as there was a The principal deity is an impressive Venkateswara Zoological Park is one of the statue of a horse on top of the hill, believed Sayanamurti (the Lord in a sleeping most innovative zoos developed in the last to be the guardian of the fort. The fort was posture). three decades by India’s Central Zoo considered to be impregnable as long as the Authority, housing endemic and indigenous horse remained there. When the Marathas flora and fauna. The entrance reads the attacked, they tried every trick in the book to famous quote, 'I am the eternal seed of conquer the fort but could not do so. So, living beings' from the Bhagavad Gita. The when they learnt about the legend of the 3 Sri Venkateswara Zoological most sought-after attractions of the zoo are horse statue, one of the Maratha chief Park peafowls, elephants, parakeets and white managed to scale the hill one night and tigers among many others. carry away the horse. Hence, the spell was broken and on the next attack, the fort fell to the Marathas. This place is famous for fort ramparts, the Rangin Mahal Palace and the tomb of Mir Raza Ali Khan, Tipu Sultan's maternal uncle.