Tirupathi Venkateshwara Temple

Tirupathi is located in the village of Chittor in district of Andra Pradesh. The main deity of this temple is Lord Venkateshwara famously known as Tirumal. The temple has several hills representing different gods but as this temple is situated in seven peak known as Venkata Hill which is popularly called as “Temple of seven Hills”. The great temple is visited by people more than 50,000 devotees every day. The specialty of this temple is a tower made of golden roof known as Vimanam where the main deity Lord Venkateshwara is standing directly inside the roof known as Amanda Nilaya Divya Vimana bearing Lakshmi Devi on right side and Padvathi on the left side of his chest. The priest in this temple performs special pooja to Lord Venkateshwara and decorates him with a yellow cloth and golden jewelers and he is also famous for his white namma Tilak on his forehead. In this temple different kind of aradhana with various names and timings takes place by worshiping Lord Venkateshwara for the goodness of the people and only priest are allows to perform service to god it is untouched by human. The important festivals celebrated in this temple are Vaikunda Ekadasi, Rama Navami, Janmastami, Vasanthotsavam in this Brahmotsavam is celebrated in a very grand manner in the month of September as this Month according to Tamil calendar Puratasi dedicated to Lord Venkateshwara, the other major festivals celebrated here is Rathasapthami where the main deity of this temple Tirumal will be taken around the temple in a chariot. The other famous activities of this temple is distribution of prasadam Where Tirupathi is famous for Laddu and other prasadam like sweet pongal, pulioharey, curd rice, vada  and free meals are provided are to the devotees daily who visit the temple . The devotees who visit the temple also pray for some special reasons and offer god by putting mottai, a big Hyundi is kept to offer money, gold as this range to some millions daily. Another offering done here is thulabharam as the offering material are weighed equally in two different pans. There is also a paid service called arjitha where special seva is conducted. In this temple the devotees used to even walk all the seven hills to visit the Lord Tirumal if they have special prayers. The people who visit the temple with good faith will receive all the goodness in life.