Tirupati Guide - Shree Balaji Mandir

“A Complete Guide”
To
„Tirupati‟
By “Shree Balaji Mandir”, Charkop
www.shreebalajimandir.org
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PREFACE
Complete guide to Tirupati is an initiative of „Shree
Gurunathji‟, founder of “Shree Balaji Mandir”, Charkop.
He has done innumerable contributions to serve the devotees,
he is among the blessed one of „Shree Balaji‟.
He always thinks with regards to help devotees in every
possible way he can, the guide is just another way of his
contributions to facilitate devotees going Tirupati.
I hope his idea on providing a complete guide to tirupati would
be lucrative for the devotees going to Tirupati.
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How To Reach Tirupati?
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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“Darshan Timings”
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,
Monday
Tuesday, Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
4.00am to 5.00am , 7.00am to 6.00pm and
9.00pm to upto Ekantha seva.
08.30am to 01.00pm ,
09.00am to 6.00 pm and 9.00pm to upto
Ekanthaseva.
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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Vaikuntam Queue
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.
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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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Sudarshan token System
The term was introduced to minimize
Sarvadarsanam. The token costs Rs. 50.
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The tokens are available at:
1.Second Choultry (behind the Railway Station),
2.Bhudevi Complex,
3. Alipiri Tollgate,
4.Sreenivasam in Tirupati,
5.Srivari Sannidhi, Tirupati,
6. RTC Bus stand in Tirupati,
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“Stay free”
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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“Must visit places”
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 God‟s
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
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 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.
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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 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 complex.
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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