Hindu Piligrim Center Tirumala Balaji

kishorreddyt (29)in #mgsc • 6 years ago

One of the most popular Hindu Temple Lard Venkateswara Temple is a landmark Vaishnavite temple situated in the hill town of Tirumala in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Temple is dedicated to Lord Sri Venkateswara, an incarnation of Vishnu, who is believed to have appeared here to save mankind from trials and troubles of Kali Yuga. Hence the place has also got the name Kaliyuga Vaikuntham and 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, Seven Hills Temple. Lord Venkateswara is known by many other names: Balaji, Govinda, and Srinivasa.

Tirumala Hills is in Seshachalam Hills range. The Hills consists of seven peaks, representing the seven heads of Adisesha. The temple lies on the seventh peak -Venkatadri. so the temple is also called to as "Temple of Seven Hills".It is the worlds richest temple in terms of donations received and wealth. The temple is visited by about 60,000 to 100,000 pilgrims daily (40 million people annually on an average), while on special occasions and festivals, like the annual Brahmotsavam, the number of pilgrims shoots up to 500,000, making it is the most-visited holy place in the world. In 2017, it was reported that 33 million pilgrims visited the temple.

Pilgrims from not only India but other countries like as Nepal, Srilanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan, USA, Uk, Russia and many other countries will come for the blessing of the Lord Venkateswara. Thirumala prasadam is called as "Laddu" is a very familiar one. Everybody wants to taste this "Laddu" because it is having that much of taste.