Sunday 11 October 2015

Tirupati darshan

It was 21st of September when my elder bro Tarun suddenly plan to have a tour to Tirupati temple.
All of indians know about this famous temple. It is in Andhra pradesh.
We started our journey from Bangalore,  we all are so excited.  


Here something important about temple:-

Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple is a landmark vaishnavite temple situated in the hill town of Tirumala at Tirupati in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Temple is dedicated to Lord Venkateswara, an incarnation of Vishnu, who is believed to be appeared here to save mankind from trials and troubles of Kali Yuga. Hence the place has also got the name Kaliyuga Vaikunthamand Lord here is referred to as Kaliyuga Prathyaksha Daivam. The temple is also known by other names like Tirumala Temple, Tirupati Temple, Tirupati Balaji Temple. Venkateswara is known by many other names: Balaji, Govinda, and Srinivasa.
 The Hills comprises seven peaks, 
representing the seven heads of Adisesha
The seven peaks are called Seshadri,Neeladri, Garudadri, Anjanadri, Vrushabhadri, Narayanadri andVenkatadri. Tirumala town covers
 about 10.33 square miles (27 km2) in area.
The Temple is constructed in Dravidian architecture and is believed to be constructed over a period of time starting from 300 AD. 
It is the richest temple in the world in terms  
 

 of donations received and wealth, and the most-visited place of worship in the world.The temple is visited by about 50,000 to 100,000 pilgrims daily (30 to 40 million people annually on average), while on special occasions and festivals, like the annual Brahmotsavam, the number of pilgrims shoots up to 500,000, making it the most-visited holy place in the world.


It is around 435 km (270 mi) from Vijayvada, 571.9 km(355.3 mi) from Hyderabad, 138 km (86 mi) from Chennai , 291 km (181 mi) from Bangalore and 781.2 km(485.4 mi) from Visakhapatnam
There are several legends associated with the manifestation of the Lord in Tirumala. According to one legend, the temple has amurti (deity) of Lord Venkateswara, which it is believed shall remain here for the entire duration of the present Kali Yuga.


In sharp 6'0clock of the moring, we decided to join the queue .It was so huge and long line of thousands of Pillgrim.
It was very a good feeling.
  At night we got chance to see 
Venkateswara Swamy