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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.

About Temple



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.

How To Reach Tirupati?



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

“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



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.



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.

Vaikuntam Queue



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,

Sudarshan token System



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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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 God‟s bath, for cleaning procedures of the temple, etc.

“Must visit places”

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.

Puskarini tank



The spiritual waterfall is believed to be falling directly from heaven. It is approx. 3 kms away from the main temple. Akash ganga‟s water is utilized for Shree Balaji‟s Bathing, that is the prime usage of water. It is also used for the abhishekham of Shree Balaji.

The Akashganga Waterfall

The Papa Vinashanam (Sin Slayer)

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.




The Great Geological Arch (Shila Thoranam)

It is located 1km away in the north; it says the story of lord‟s 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 GardensIt 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.




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.




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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