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Visit Venkateswara Temple at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams

Tirupati is one of the oldest and the amazing places in India. ‘Tirupati’ is defined as the “the “Lord of Lakshmi”. It is located in the Chittor district in the Indian state of southern Andhra Pradesh and near by the foot hills of Tirumalai. In Tirupati, there is a very famous temple of Lord Sri Venkateswara, Tirupati Tirumala and is located on the seventh peak of the Tirumala Hill. This great temple is known as the jewel among the ancient places of worship situated in Southern India. Tirumala Hill has a height of 3200 feet and spread over 10.33 square miles in area. Tirumala hill has seven peaks as Seshadri, Neeladri, Anjanadri, Garudadri, Narayananadri, Venkatatadri and Vrishabhadri. There are a number of travel operators, restaurants and hotels are seen in Tirupati. Venkateswara also known as Srinivasa, Balaji or Vishnu. Every month a number of pilgrims come to this temple. This temple has a great history and supervised by the TTD, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam. Some of the important festivals are Vaikunta Ekadasi, Janmashtami, Brahmotsavam, Rathasapthami and the Gangamma Jathara. Gangamma is a goddess and also known as the sister of The Lord Almishty, Govinda and these people offer animal sacrifices to her.

Tirupati is also very popular in the matter of education. Some universities are Sri Venkateswara University and Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam. There are also a number of medical, engineering and architectural colleges exist in Tirupati. In every college and school, special attention is given to the cricket. Some games as badminton, volleyball and tennis are also played. For the comfort of the visitors, there are many big hotels are in Tirupati as Kences Hotel, Hotel Bliss, Katyan Residency, Mayura Sapthagiri, Sri Padmavathi Guest House, TTD Cottages, Temple Valley Resort , Peppermint Hotel and the Ramee Guestline Hotel. There are some Dharmasalas in Tirupati which provides free accommodation as Sri Kodanda Rama Dharmasala, Sri Govindaraja Dharmasala, Sri Venkateswara Dharmasala and many more.