Location: Tirupati
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The holy city of Tirupati draws tourists and religious pilgrims alike, who flock to the Ancient Lord Venkateswara Temple, known for its elaborate Dravidian style and gold-plated cupola. Prayers are offered daily at this popular temple, which sits high in the Tirumala hills. Several other temples dot the town, and the lush countryside contains numerous waterfalls. Tirupati is also home to a rare, naturally-occurring pre-Jurassic stone arch that is 25 feet long and 10 feet high, one of only three of these geological features in the world.
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1. Srinivasa Mangapuram Temple
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5.0 based on 10 reviews
Reviewed By gokul-00 - Tamil Nadu, India
it is located around 12km from tirupati, nice place and must visit place in tirupati. For sure will have good darshan for Lord Venketeswara swami.
2. Tirumala Temple
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4.5 based on 2,537 reviews
Tirumala is a census town in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town is a part of Tirupati Urban Development Authority and located in Tirupati mandal of Tirupati revenue division.
Reviewed By prasanashah1 - Mumbai, India
For the believers the place is divine.. the long wait in the ques for a few seconds of darshan is well worth it.. the arrangements are very good with facilities provided at every crucial place.. try and take a Rs 300 darshan ticket for a faster experience..
3. Rock Garden
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4.5 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By curatorofmemories - Hyderabad, India
One of the few, REAL rock gardens in country, it has fine specimens of rocks from Archean granite and Proterozoic Nagri Quartzite period. The entire area is beautifully landscaped and you can spend some time strolling looking in awe at the natural beauty. The famous rock arch is part of the rock garden All the six locations can be visited in under three hours. You start from – SriVari Padalu. Then return back to Silathoranam. The Rock garden and Chakra Theertham is located within the same complex. From here you go straight to Papavinasanam. On way back you can visit Akash ganga and stop for some time on the Gogarbham dam bridge. You will be travelling a maximum distance of 25 kms.
4. ISKCON Tirupati
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4.5 based on 302 reviews
Reviewed By BalaK469 - Visakhapatnam, India
Super temple, architecture is good enough, Lord krishna with all gopikalatho will be there, and another thing is architecture also built the stages of human life staring from birth to death that is very fantastic, all must see this after visiting the iskan temple
5. Japali Teertham
6. Tumbhuru Teertham
7. Sri Varahaswami Temple
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4.5 based on 191 reviews
Reviewed By Ananth727499 - Tiruppur, India
This temple is located on the left side of the pushkarani near the tirupati temple.. This temple is a must visit place for pilgrims who visit Tirumala. It is said that Lord varahaswamy owns the Tirumala, and he gave place to Lord venkateshwara. Hence, Lord venkateshwara told that each and every devotees who come to have darshan of HIM should first have the darshan of Lord varahaswamy.. only then the purpose of visit to Tirumala will be completed.. Hence, those who visit Tirumala,kindly have darshan of Lord varahaswamy and get HIS blessings..
8. Silathoranam
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4.5 based on 79 reviews
Reviewed By curatorofmemories - Hyderabad, India
This notified National Geo-heritage Monument is a distinctive geological feature. The arch is also called Silathoranam in the local language (Telugu language: sila means ‘rock’ and thoranam means a garland strung over a threshold, connecting two vertical columns or an ‘arch’ as in this case). The arch is naturally formed in the quartzites of Cuddapah Supergroup of Middle to Upper Proterozoic (1600 to 570 Ma) due to natural erosive forces. In the 1980s, during excavations for a geological fault in the Tirumala hills, geologists found this rare geological formation of the rock arch which has two dissimilar sets of rocks with a connecting thin link. The assessed geological age of the rock arch is 2.5 million years. Formation of the arch is attributed to intensified weathering and erosion of stream action that has withstood the torque of nature. This is a rare geological fault which is technically called in the geological idiom as ‘Eparchaean Unconformity. Only two more such arch exists in the world- The rainbow arch in Utah and the arch cut through den radiant quartzite of UK. According to local belief Lord Vishnu is supposed to have put his first foot down at a place called Sreevari padalu, the divine foot prints which is the highest point of Tirumala hills, the second step at the location of the arch. Thereafter, the next step is stated to have been placed where his idol is now worshipped in the temple at Tirumala. All the six locations can be visited in under three hours. You start from – Srivari Padalu. Then return back to Silathoranam. The Rock garden and Chakra Theertham is located within the same complex. From here you go straight to Papavinasanam. On way back you can visit Akash ganga and stop for some time on the Gogarbham dam bridge. You will be travelling a maximum distance of 25 kms.
9. Sri Bedi Anjaneyaswami Temple
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4.5 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By meghashyam - Chennai (Madras), India
This is a very powerful and ancient temple for Sri Anjaneya Swami , it is located in such a way that the murthi of Sri Anjaneya faces the Lord Sri Venkateswara Swami . This temple is in exact opposite direction of maha dwaram or main entrance . This is not the big Anjaneya that you see while coming down . That cement structure is a recent addition . This temple was established centuries before .
10. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams
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4.5 based on 518 reviews
Reviewed By krishnamacharis - Singapore, Singapore
Tirupathi is the town at the ground level while Tirumala, the temple town is on TOP of the seven hills. Hindus worship this God after standing several hours in queue because everyday over 100,000 people come to have dharshan of this Lord Balaji also known as Lord Venkateshwara. The temple authorities have mastered the art of crowd management and provide enough food, water and shelter before during and after dharshan. The temple authority runs a transport system for passengers to go up the hill and return to base Tirupathi.
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