Tirupati Balaji is accredited for being the most visited pilgrimages facilities in India. It’s positioned on the distance of sixty seven km away from Chittoor in Chittoor district of southern Andhra Pradesh and 170 km north east of Chennai. The temple is devoted to Lord Venkateshwara or Vishnu, visited by 1000’s of pilgrims through out the year. The phrase ‘Tirupati’ is derived on the title of the village positioned on the Venkata Hill means ‘the Lord of Lakshmi’. With its many shrines and numerous dharamshalas the whole are surrounding the Tirumala Hill gives an enchanting perception of the contemporary Hinduism practiced on the massive scale in India.
History of Tirupati Temple :
The history of Tirupati temple dates back to the 9th century when Pallavas, the rulers of Kancheepuram, established this shrine on the Tirumala hill. But the temple bought acknowledged in the course of the rule of the Vijayanagara rulers. It was throughout this time when the temple bought lot of wealth. One of the Vijayanagar kings Krishnadevaraya put in idols of himself and his partner at the portals of the Tirupati temple. They are nonetheless present in Tirupati along with a statue of Venkatapati Raya in the primary temple. From 1843 to 1943 AD, the administrative actions of the temple were overseen by the Mahants of the Hatiramji Mutt. At present Tirumala Tirupati temple is managed and managed by the TTD (Tirumala tirupati balaji darshan booking Devasthanam). TTD has made special preparations to consolation the pilgrims and to protect the atmosphere near the hills.
Architecture of Tirupati temple :
Tirupati Balaji is claimed to be certainly one of th richest temple within the world. The temple present one of many best examples of the Dravidian fashion of architecture. A whole lot of dynasties have contributed to the event of the Tirupati Balaji. The temple is adorned with the gorgeous ‘gopuram’ or tower. The ‘Vimana’ or Cupola over the sanctum sanctorum is gliters with gold plate and is named “the Ananda Nilayam”. The primary spotlight of the temple is the idol of Lord Venkateswara or ‘Venkataramana’ or ‘Srinivasa’ that has the attributes of both Vishnu and Shiva, preserving and destroying facets of the Hindu trinity.
Sermons and Festivals :
Devotees make a go to to the Tirumala to see Venkateshwara, an avatar of Vishnu. The temple still follow the rituals and sermons that have been prescribed by Ramanuja Acharya within the twelfth century. The day begins with ‘Suprabhatam’ at 3 am within the morning and and ends with the ‘Ekanta Seva’ at 1 am in the course of the night, when the Lord is made to sleep. Pilgrims are seen donating their hair to the deity, in gratitude for a want fulfilled or to surrender ego – so a whole lot of barbers attend to devotees.
Brahmotsavam’ is an important pageant of Tirupati, celebrated yearly in the month of September for the interval of continuous 9 days. For the total nine days the whole city is seen lost in sacred contact of divinity.
