SRI TIRUMALA TIRUPATI

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Tirupati Tirumala Balaji Devasthanam is the worlds most popular and India’s important pilgrimage center and also most visited place of worship in the world. The temple itself is no less than a wonder; it is a magnificent epitome of God's creation. Crores of people visit this Paradise on earth. Tirumala Venkateswara Temple is a famous Hindu Temple of Lord Balaji located in the Seven hills town Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh, India. more..

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Sri Venkateswara Dhyana Vignan Mandiram

The Sri Venkateswara Museum was established in 1980. Stone and wooden carvings, articles used for puja, and traditional art and architecture are displayed here.

Now, a new building, called the Sri Venkateswara Dhyana Vignana Mandiram has been constructed for the purpose. The building also has meditation halls for pilgrims.

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Asthana Mandapam

The Asthana Mandapam or Sadas Hall is an auditorium near the main temple complex, where cultural events are held

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TTD Gardens

The TTD Gardens - ornamental, landscape and flower gardens - occupy an area of 460 acres in Tirupati and Tirumala.

There are four nurseries at Tirumala with mist chambers - in the Travellers Bungalow area, Gogarbham Dam area, Sri Padmavathi Guest House area and Divyaramam area wherein ten lakh plants are propagated annually. Hybrid varieties of crotons, hibiscus,bougainvilleas have been released through hybridisation and mutation and named after great personalities - Croton Ramanuja, Tirumalanambi, Neelam, Dr.N.T.Rama Rao and bougainvillea varieties like Sharada Mukherjee and Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma. There are about 200 varieties of plants in the gardens.

The Department of Gardens has released a number of books and publications like Plant Wealth of Tirumala, Angiospermic Wealth of Tirumala,The Ornamental Designs, Inti Thotalu, Thota Panulu. The Garden Department has a large germplasm collection of various ornamental varieties collected from various places in India and abroad.

The great Vaishnava acharya Sri Ramanuja and his disciple, Sri Anandalwar are believed to have been responsible for starting these gardens in the fourteenth century. Legend has it that the Tirumala flower gardens were cultivated by Sattada Sri Vaishnavas under the name of Dasa Nambis who made flower garlands for use in temples in Tirumala-Tirupati. Inscriptions in the temple refer to numerous flower gardens during the latter period of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. In Tirumala many places are named after Nandanavanams - Andalwar Garden, Tharigonda Venkamamba Garden, Hathiramjee Garden and Tallapaka Garden.

To add to the glory of the gardens, there are many tanks and ponds such as Alwar Tank Mangalabhavi and Ananthapalligunta which are useful not only as perennial water sources for the temple gardens but also for growing red lotus flowers and supplying fresh water to the pilgrims and natives.

The main flowers used for Srivari Kainkaryam (puja) are the scented ones like roses, lotuses, chrysanthemums, davana, tulasi, Nerium, Tabornamontana, Kanakambaram (Tagetes) and Exora.

The Gardens Department of TTD meets the demand for flowers of all the temples in Tirumala.The Department supplies nearly 500 kg of flowers every day to all temples in Tirumala and Tiripati. It supplies garlands for adorning the deities and for decorating themandapam, pandals and vahanas on festive occasions.The Department also accepts flowers in the form of donations from the devotees wherein flowers can be supplied under the name 'Sri Vari Pushpa Kainkaryam'. The APSTC-run buses provide for free transport of flowers in Tirumala.

The Department organises Pushpa Yagam and horticultural flower shows every year during Brahmotsavam.

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Other Places in Tirumala

Silathoranam is a natural rock formation in the form of an arch, near the Chakra Tirtham. Geologists have identified the rocks on the hill as pre-Cambrian, and this arch formation suggests an antiquity of several million years to the Tirumala hill.

It is said that there are only two other natural rock arches of such great antiquity in the world.

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Sri Padmavathi Ammavari Temple, Tiruchanoor

Tiruchanoor, also known as Alamelumangapuram, is about 5 km from Tirupati. The temple of Sri Padmavathi Devi, the consort of Lord Sri Venkateswara is situated here. It is said that a visit to Tirumala is fruitful only after visiting the Sri Padmavathi Devi temple.

You may wonder why Sri Padmavathi Devi's temple is away from Lord Sri Venkateswara's. Legend has it that the Lord (Sri Maha Vishnu, who later took on the incarnation of Sri Venkateswara) showed his reverence towards the sage, Bhrigu Maharshi, even though the sage had insulted Vishnu by kicking Him on the chest.

In anger, Sri Maha Lakshmi (the Lord's consort) reached Patala Loka, where she heard a divine voice stating that a pushkarini was dug on the banks of the river Swarnamukhi, and here She immersed herself in penance for 12 years.

In the 13th year (during the month of Karteeka, on Panchami day in the last fortnight, highlighted by the nakshathram Uttarashadha), Sri Padmavathi emerged from a golden lotus. It is believed that Goddess MahaLakshmi herself emerged as Sri Padmavathi.

Sub-temples in its premises are :

1. Sri Krishnaswamy Temple
2. Sri Sundara Rajaswamivari Temple
3. Sri Suryanarayana Swamivari Temple

Important Festivals

1.Sri Padmavathi Ammavari Temple: 

• Navarathri Festival(Dasara)
• Kartheeka Brahmotsavam
• Float festaival
• Vasanthotsavam
• Rathasapthami

2.Sri Sundara Rajaswamivari Temple: 

• Avatharotsavam for 3 days.

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Sri Govindarajaswami Temple, Tirupati

Sri Govindarajaswami Temple is one of the most important temples in Tirupati. It has an imposing gopuram which can be seen from a distance.

Saint Ramanujacharya consecrated the temple in 1130 AD.

The festivals and functions are similar to those conducted in the Sri Venkateswara temple. The annual Brahmotsavam at this temple is celebrated in the month of Vaisakha every year. The annual float festival is also celebrated every year. 

The sub-temples in its premises are:

• Sri Parthasarathiswami Temple
• Sri Kalyana Venkateswaraswami Temple
• Sri Andal Temple
• Sri Salai Nachiyar Ammavari Temple
• Sri Ramanuja Temple
• Sri Vyasaraya Anjaneyaswami Temple (Near Dwajasthambham)
• Sri Tirumangai Alwar Temple.
• Sri Kurath Alwar Temple
• Sri Madhurakavi Alwar Temple
• Sri Chakrathalwar Temple.
• Sri Mudal Alwar Temple.
• Sri Manavala Mahamuni Temple.
• Sri Vedantha Desikar Temple.
• Sri Woolu Alwar Temple.
• Sri Anjaneyaswami Temple(Near outer Bugga).
• Sri Nammalwar Temple.
• Sri Sanjeevarayaswami Temple (opposite the Hathiramjee Mutt) 
• Sri Eduru Anjaneyaswamy Temple.

The important festivals conducted in Sri Govindarajaswami Temple are:  

• Vaisakha Festival (Brahmotsavam)
• Float Festival
• Rathasapthami
• Bugga and Ponnakalva Utsavam
• Sri Andal Margalineerattam Festival
• Sri Salai Nachiyar Panguni Uttara Festival
• Sri Bhashyakarla Utsavam
• Sri Nammalwar Utsavam
• Jestabhishekam
• Thiruvadipuram Festival
• Thirumala Nambi Festival
• Adhyayanotsavam
• Thiru Nakshatram of alwar
• Manavalamahamuni Asthanam
• Vedantha Desikar Utsavam

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Sri Kodandaramaswami Temple, Tirupati

This temple, which was built by a Chola king during the tenth century AD, is situated in the heart of the Tirupati town. The presiding deities are Sita, Rama and Lakshmana.

The temple of Anjaneyaswami, which is directly opposite, is a subshrine of this temple. According to legend, this temple commemorates the visit of Sri Rama to Tirupati. The festivals of Ugadi and Sri Ramanavami are celebrated in this temple on a grand scale. Brahmotsavam is celebrated at this temple every year.

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Sri Kapileswaraswami Temple, Tirupati

Sri Kapileswaraswami Temple is the only temple dedicated to Lord Siva in Tirupati.

It is situated about 3 km to the north of Tirupati, at the foot of the Tirumala Hills. The sacred waterfall called Kapila Teertham (also known as Alwar Teertham) is located here. Annual Brahmotsavams and festivals like Vinayaka Chaturthi, Mahasivaratri, Skanda Shasti and Annabhishekam are performed here with great pomp and splendour.

Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple, Sri Lakshminarayanaswamy Temple and Sri Vinayakaswamy Temple on the Second Ghat Road are sub-temples which function under the control of the Kapileswaraswamy Temple. 

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