Tirupati Balaji Temple Darshan

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 The Lord of Tirumala is the all-pervading Lord of the Universe.A large

number of devotees-daily 30,000 on an average, visit the sacred shrine

of Lord Venkateswara to pay their homage to Him.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams are in turn dedicated themselves to
these devotees by providing facilities for darshan, accommodation as
well as for sevas.The aim of the Devasthanams has always been to
improve these facilities for making the pilgrimage a spiritual
experience.
This site is a revised edition containing more detailed information
about the accommodation, the sevas and festivals in Tirumala in which
they can participate and general information about what to do and
what not to do on the Holy Hills.
The host hopes this site will serve as a valuable guide to the pilgrims.

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 Tirumala Venkateswara Temple is a Hindu temple on venkata, the

seventh hill of Tirumala, near Tirupati in the Chittoor district of

Andhra Pradesh. Devotees need to reach Renigunta airport or
Renigunta railway station to reach Tirupati. Chennai airport can be
another alternative to visit Tirupati. It takes approx. 4 hours to reach
Tirumala from Chennai airport via cool cabs.

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Sarvadarsanam
As the name says, it means darshan for all. Around 50k devotees

visits temple every day. Approx. 18-20 hours are allotted for
sarvadarshanam depending on the number of devotees. Special Entry
Darshan (Seeghra Darshan)
The Seeghra Darshanm facility is introduced 0n 21-09-2009 by TTD to
provide quick Darshan for the devotees. The cost of the Ticket is
Rs.300/devotee.
The darshan timings are the same as that for Sarvadarsanam.
Special Entry Darshan Timings
Saturday,Sunday,

4.00am to 5.00am , 7.00am to 6.00pm and

Monday

9.00pm to upto Ekantha seva.

Tuesday, Wednesday

08.30am to 01.00pm ,

Thursday

09.00am to 6.00 pm and 9.00pm to upto

Ekanthaseva.

Friday

10.00am to 6.00pm and 9.00pm to upto

Ekanthaseva

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Divya Darshan
There are two ways of reaching tirmala by foot, one is through Gali
Gopuram and second is Srivari Mettu, Divya Darshan facility is
provided for pedestrian who come on foot to Tirumala through Gali
Gopuram or Srivari Mettu.

Special Darshan for Physically disabled and Aged

This special darshan is arranged for the physically disabled and the aged,
the infants along with parents through a separate gate at the Maha
Dwaram,the main temple entrance. If necessary, such devotee is
escorted by a volunteer.

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 The entrance of the mandir for doing darshan is via Vaikuntan queue complex,

the initial place where the queue of devotees for darshan initiates.The huge
complex is a combination of many inter-connected halls that leads devotees to
the destined main temple where the idol is placed. The queue is organized in a
very efficient way such that every devotee reaches to the main temple
comfortably. The inter-connected halls are very clean and hygienic, TTD
provides free of cost services to the devotees in a queue.
Food is provided for the waiting pilgrims free of cost.
Milk, Coffee & Tea provided for waiting pilgrims free of cost.
Medical aid

Devotee can purchase TTD publications, calendars, photographs with minimal

charges.

Wash Rooms.

CCTV, through which devotional programmes and music are relayed

Cloak rooms for devotees baggage near the Vaikuntam Queue Complex

entrance
In entrance, Place where the foot wears are deposited.

There are volunteers who look after the devotees comfort s, they look after the
facilities provided in the vaikuntam complex.

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The term was introduced to minimize the waiting time

for Sarvadarsanam. The token costs Rs. 50. The tokens
are available at:
Second Choultry (behind the Railway Station),
Bhudevi Complex,
Alipiri Tollgate,
Sreenivasam in Tirupati,
Srivari Sannidhi, Tirupati,
RTC Bus stand in Tirupati,

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In tirumala, TTD has facilated free stay in the huge

dharamshalas around the temple. Luxurious motels and
guest houses are also available there. All bookings have to
be made to the central office of the TTD.

Most of the hotels and accommodations in Tirupati are

centrally located at the outskirts of Tirupati. For your
convenience we have further divided the places to stay in
Tirupati under various categories, where you can easily
choose the option according to your budget, need and
choice. Hotels like Ramee Guestline , Fortune Kences,
Hotel Mayura , etc also have luxurious facilities.

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Puskarini tank
You would find water tank
usually near every temple
preaching Hinduism. The same
were constructed during ancient
or medieval times. The water
tank developed was strictly
created for the idol, for Gods
bath, for cleaning procedures of
the temple, etc.
It is also used for drinking purposes inside the temple and also by the priest and
their families who live in the TTD premises. The water in the Pushkarini is very
clean and divine. Swami Pushkarini was a delight tank of lord vishnu in
Vaikuntham, and the same was brought to earth by Garuda, for the enjoyment of
Shree Blaji. It is located adjacent to the Sri Venkateshwara temple. All devotees
take bath in a divine tank before entering the temple. It is strongly believed that
the people who bathes in the tank becomes pure, all the sins is been exterminated
by the divineness of the water.
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The Akashganga Waterfall

The spiritual waterfall is believed to be
falling directly from heaven. It is
approx. 3 kms away from the main
temple. Akash gangas water is
utilized for Shree Balajis Bathing,
that is the prime usage of water. It is
also used for the abhishekham of
Shree Balaji.
The Papa Vinashanam (Sin Slayer)

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It is in the north 5 kms away from tirumala

temple, it is another must visit place in
tirupati to clean your sins. It is surrounded
by beautiful hills, many tributaries from the
hills meets the reservoir (Papa Vinashanam).
To preserve the divineness TTD has
developed a dam to maintain the flow of
reservoir.
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The Great Geological Arch (Shila Thoranam)

It is located 1km away in the north; it says
the story of lords transformation into rock.
It is very unique and mysterious place to be
visited in Tirupati. No busses ply towards
Shila Thoranam. You need to go by foot or by
private vehicle. It is located at a 20 minute
walk able distance from varahswami temple.

TTD Gardens
It occupies the area of 460 acres in tirupati
and tirumala. The garden meets the needs of
the temple. The for a and fauna of the
garden is implicitly for shree balaji. It
supplies flowers for mandapam, pandals and
making garland of the idols in the temple.
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Ashthana Mandapam
The Ashthana Mandapam or
Sadas Hall is an auditorium near
the main temple compl Dhayana
Mandiram(Museum) ex.
Cultural events are held here.

Dhayana Mandiram(Museum)
It is one of the ancient museums in India, It was
established in 1980. It is a database of articles,
white papers. It has the complete details of
performing seva of shree balaji in a very spiritual
way. It lists the protocols of performing seva.

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Shreevari Padalu

As per the ancient Hindu mythology, it is

believed that shreevari padalu is a place
where Shree Balaji placed his feets for the
first time. The foot prints acknowledging
the same can be seen at the top of
Narayanagiri hill. Charismatic Tirumala
temple is visible from the hill.

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